CVE-2024-29900 is a high-severity memory leak vulnerability affecting Electron Packager, which bundles Electron applications. The flaw causes a small, random segment of Node.js heap memory to be leaked into the final executable, potentially exposing sensitive information like environment variables or secrets. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no user interaction required, leading to a high confidentiality impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE. The issue is patched in Electron Packager version 18.3.1.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
18.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openjsf:packager:18.3.0:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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