CVE-2017-16151
Chromium Remote Code Execution in electron
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 2.7%
Description
Affected versions of `ElectronJS` are susceptible to a remote code execution vulnerability that occurs when an affected application access remote content, even if the [sandbox option](https://electron.atom.io/docs/api/sandbox-option) is enabled. ## Recommendation Update to electron version 1.7.8 or later.
How to fix CVE-2017-16151
To remediate CVE-2017-16151, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 1.6.14 or later
Is CVE-2017-16151 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 2.7%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1.6.14
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |