Electron
Vendor:
First CVE: Apr 25, 2016 · Active for 10 years
3
Total CVEs
More Total CVEs than 64% of tracked products
1.5
Avg CVEs / Year
Higher CVE frequency than 56% of tracked products
7.0
Avg CVSS
Higher Avg CVSS than 40% of tracked products
0.0%
KEV Rate
Bottom 1%
Trends Over Time
The number and severity of CVEs published that impact Electron over time
Volume of CVEsAvg CVSS Base Score
First CVE
Apr 25, 2016
10 years ago
Most Recent CVE
Jan 24, 2018
3,103 days ago
CVE Severity & Scoring
Electron3 CVEs
33%
67%
All CVEs352,294 CVEs
45%
40%
11%
MediumHigh
Attack Vector
Local1 (33.3%)
Network2 (66.7%)
Unknown0 (0.0%)
Physical0 (0.0%)
Adjacent Network0 (0.0%)
Attack Complexity
Low3 (100.0%)
High0 (0.0%)
Unknown0 (0.0%)
User Interaction
None1 (33.3%)
Unknown0 (0.0%)
Required2 (66.7%)
Privileges Required
Low1 (33.3%)
High0 (0.0%)
None2 (66.7%)
Unknown0 (0.0%)
Top CVEs
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (3 CVEs).
3 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2018-1000006HIGH GitHub Electron versions 1.8.2-beta.3 and earlier, 1.7.10 and earlier, 1.6.15 and earlier has a vulnerability in the protocol handler, specifically Electron apps running on Windows | Jan 24, 2018 | 8.8 | 88 | NO | YES |
CVE-2016-1202HIGH Untrusted search path vulnerability in Atom Electron before 0.33.5 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse Node.js module in a parent directory of a directory name | Apr 25, 2016 | 7.8 | 20 | NO | NO |
CVE-2017-1000424MEDIUM Github Electron version 1.6.4 - 1.6.11 and 1.7.0 - 1.7.5 is vulnerable to a URL Spoofing problem when opening PDFs in PDFium resulting loading arbitrary PDFs that a hacker can cont | Jan 2, 2018 | 4.3 | 18 | NO | NO |
Exploit Exposure
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (3 CVEs).
CISA KEV
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Metasploit
1 CVE
33.3% of CVEs· 98th percentile
Nuclei
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
ExploitDB
1 CVE
33.3% of CVEs· 90th percentile
Social Chatter
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (3 CVEs).
Media Mentions
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (3 CVEs).
Top CNAs Publishing CVEs For Electron
Top CWEs
Versions
| Version | CVE Count | Avg CVSS | Avg EPSS | KEV | Exploits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.8.2 | 1 | 8.8 | 84.4% | 0 | 1 |