CVE-2024-29900
Electron Packager Uncompressed Node.js Heap Memory Leak in Bundled Executable
Description
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.
INFO
Published Date :
March 29, 2024, 4:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
May 7, 2025, 5:02 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
3.9
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2024-29900
vulnerability.
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Initial Analysis by [email protected]
May. 07, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Added CWE NVD-CWE-Other Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:openjsf:packager:18.3.0:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* Added Reference Type CVE: https://github.com/electron/packager/commit/d421d4bd3ced889a4143c5c3ab6d95e3be249eee Types: Patch Added Reference Type GitHub, Inc.: https://github.com/electron/packager/commit/d421d4bd3ced889a4143c5c3ab6d95e3be249eee Types: Patch Added Reference Type CVE: https://github.com/electron/packager/security/advisories/GHSA-34h3-8mw4-qw57 Types: Vendor Advisory Added Reference Type GitHub, Inc.: https://github.com/electron/packager/security/advisories/GHSA-34h3-8mw4-qw57 Types: Vendor Advisory -
CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://github.com/electron/packager/commit/d421d4bd3ced889a4143c5c3ab6d95e3be249eee Added Reference https://github.com/electron/packager/security/advisories/GHSA-34h3-8mw4-qw57 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Received by [email protected]
Mar. 29, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description 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. Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/electron/packager/security/advisories/GHSA-34h3-8mw4-qw57 [No types assigned] Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/electron/packager/commit/d421d4bd3ced889a4143c5c3ab6d95e3be249eee [No types assigned] Added CWE GitHub, Inc. CWE-402 Added CVSS V3.1 GitHub, Inc. AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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