CVE-2024-46993

July 1, 2025, 3:15 a.m.

4.4
Medium

Description

Electron is an open source framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. In versions prior to 28.3.2, 29.3.3, and 30.0.3, the nativeImage.createFromPath() and nativeImage.createFromBuffer() functions call a function downstream that is vulnerable to a heap buffer overflow. An Electron program that uses either of the affected functions is vulnerable to a buffer overflow if an attacker is in control of the image's height, width, and contents. This issue has been patched in versions 28.3.2, 29.3.3, and 30.0.3. There are no workarounds for this issue.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Electron
  • Electron
  • <28.3.2, <29.3.3, <30.0.3

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-122
Heap-based Buffer Overflow
A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a electron electron <28.3.2 / / / / / / /
a electron electron <29.3.3 / / / / / / /
a electron electron <30.0.3 / / / / / / /

References

https://github.com/electron/electron/security/advisories/GHSA-6r2x-8pq8-9489

Tags

security-advisories@github.com
CWE-122
2025-07-01
CVE-2024-46993

CVSS Score

4.4 / 10

CVSS Data - 4.0

  • Attack Vector: LOCAL
  • Attack Complexity: HIGH
  • Attack Requirements: NONE
  • Privileges Required: LOW
  • User Interaction: NONE
  • Scope:
  • Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
  • Integrity Impact: HIGH
  • Availability Impact: HIGH
  • Exploit Maturity: UNREPORTED

    • CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

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Timeline

Published: July 1, 2025, 3:15 a.m.
Last Modified: July 1, 2025, 3:15 a.m.

Status : Received

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

security-advisories@github.com

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