What is CVE-2017-16151?

CVE-2017-16151 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Electronjs Electron, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-06-07.

How severe is CVE-2017-16151?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-16151 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

RCE in Electronjs Electron

CVE-2017-16151

Based on details posted by the ElectronJS team; A remote code execution vulnerability has been discovered in Google Chromium that affects all recent versions of Electron. Any Electron app that accesses remote content is vulnerable to this…

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

EPSS: 0.027 (84.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Electronjs Electron
Hackerone Electron Node Module — versions < 1.6.14 || >= 1.7.0 < 1.7.8

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-94 — Code Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

support@hackerone.com (x_refsource_MISC, Broken Link)
support@hackerone.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-16151?: CVE-2017-16151 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Electronjs Electron, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-06-07.
How severe is CVE-2017-16151?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-16151 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.