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CVE-2017-16151

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-16151 is a critical remote code execution vulnerability in Google Chromium, impacting all recent versions of ElectronJS applications that access remote content, even with sandboxing enabled. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code over the network, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there are no known public exploits or active exploitation, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness and potential for future exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.7.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.72%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0272 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 36,862 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: electronFixed in: 1.6.14
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: electronFixed in: 1.7.8

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-4w88-rjj3-x7wpcritical

Chromium Remote Code Execution in electron

Jul 24, 2018

References

electron.atom.io / blog/2017/09/27/chromium-rce-vulnerability-fix
Broken Link
nodesecurity.io / advisories/539
Third Party Advisory