Description
Electron Packager bundles Electron-based application source code with a renamed Electron executable and supporting files into folders ready for distribution. A random segment of ~1-10kb of Node.js heap memory allocated either side of a known buffer will be leaked into the final executable. This memory _could_ contain sensitive information such as environment variables, secrets files, etc. This issue is patched in 18.3.1.
Published: 2024-03-29
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-0797 Electron Packager bundles Electron-based application source code with a renamed Electron executable and supporting files into folders ready for distribution. A random segment of ~1-10kb of Node.js heap memory allocated either side of a known buffer will be leaked into the final executable. This memory _could_ contain sensitive information such as environment variables, secrets files, etc. This issue is patched in 18.3.1.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-34h3-8mw4-qw57 @electron/packager's build process memory potentially leaked into final executable
History

Wed, 07 May 2025 17:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Openjsf
Openjsf packager
Weaknesses NVD-CWE-Other
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:openjsf:packager:18.3.0:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
Vendors & Products Openjsf
Openjsf packager

Subscriptions

Openjsf Packager
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-02T01:17:58.508Z

Reserved: 2024-03-21T15:12:08.999Z

Link: CVE-2024-29900

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T01:17:58.508Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-03-29T16:15:08.103

Modified: 2025-05-07T17:02:49.973

Link: CVE-2024-29900

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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