CVE-2024-29900 (GCVE-0-2024-29900)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-03-29 15:15 – Updated: 2024-08-02 01:17
VLAI
Title
@electron/packager's build process memory potentially leaked into final executable
Summary
Electron Packager bundles Electron-based application source code with a renamed Electron executable and supporting files into folders ready for distribution. A random segment of ~1-10kb of Node.js heap memory allocated either side of a known buffer will be leaked into the final executable. This memory _could_ contain sensitive information such as environment variables, secrets files, etc. This issue is patched in 18.3.1.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-07-19 13:28 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-402 - Transmission of Private Resources into a New Sphere ('Resource Leak')
Assigner
GitHub_M CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 72/100 over 7771 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
electron packager Affected: = 18.3.0
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electron-packager_project electron-packager Affected: 18.3.0 , < 18.3.1 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:electron-packager_project:electron-packager:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
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