Electron: Off-screen rendering on macOS trusts GPU-supplied frame geometry
- Published
- Last modified
- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Fix
- Fixed in 42.11.6, 43.7.3, 44.4.3, 45.0.0-alpha.9
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical impact: partial
Summary
Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to versions 42.11.6, 43.7.3, 44.4.3, and 45.0.0-alpha.9, frame data received from the GPU process for macOS offscreen rendering was not fully validated by the main process. An attacker who had separately gained code execution in the GPU process could provide inconsistent frame geometry and cause the main process to read out-of-bounds memory while producing paint event images, disclosing memory or crashing the application. This issue is fixed in versions 42.11.6, 43.7.3, 44.4.3, and 45.0.0-alpha.9.
Timeline
- CVE published
- First seen by cve.now
- CISA SSVC assessment
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- electron electron
fixed in 42.11.6; From 43.0.0-alpha.1 · fixed in 43.7.3; From 44.0.0-alpha.1 · fixed in 44.4.3; From 45.0.0-alpha.1 · fixed in 45.0.0-alpha.9
- electronnpm
fixed in 42.11.6
- electronnpm
From 43.0.0-alpha.1 · fixed in 43.7.3
- electronnpm
From 44.0.0-alpha.1 · fixed in 44.4.3
- electronnpm
From 45.0.0-alpha.1 · fixed in 45.0.0-alpha.9