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Vulnerability details: VCID-cbke-7yk1-ufc5
Vulnerability ID VCID-cbke-7yk1-ufc5
Aliases CVE-2017-16151
GHSA-4w88-rjj3-x7wp
Summary Chromium Remote Code Execution in electron Affected versions of `ElectronJS` are susceptible to a remote code execution vulnerability that occurs when an affected application access remote content, even if the [sandbox option](https://electron.atom.io/docs/api/sandbox-option) is enabled. ## Recommendation Update to electron version 1.7.8 or later.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 9.0
Risk 4.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.02845 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16151
epss 0.02845 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16151
epss 0.02845 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16151
epss 0.02845 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16151
epss 0.02845 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16151
epss 0.02845 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16151
epss 0.02845 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16151
epss 0.02845 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16151
epss 0.02845 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16151
epss 0.02845 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16151
epss 0.02845 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16151
epss 0.02845 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16151
epss 0.02845 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16151
epss 0.02845 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16151
epss 0.02845 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16151
epss 0.02845 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16151
epss 0.02845 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16151
epss 0.02845 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16151
epss 0.02845 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16151
epss 0.02845 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16151
epss 0.02845 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16151
epss 0.02845 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16151
epss 0.02845 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16151
epss 0.02845 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16151
epss 0.02845 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16151
epss 0.02845 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16151
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://electron.atom.io/blog/2017/09/27/chromium-rce-vulnerability-fix
generic_textual CRITICAL https://electron.atom.io/blog/2017/09/27/chromium-rce-vulnerability-fix
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://electronjs.org/blog/chromium-rce-vulnerability
generic_textual CRITICAL https://electronjs.org/blog/chromium-rce-vulnerability
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4w88-rjj3-x7wp
cvssv3.1_qr CRITICAL https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4w88-rjj3-x7wp
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4w88-rjj3-x7wp
cvssv2 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16151
cvssv3 9.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16151
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16151
generic_textual CRITICAL https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16151
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/539
generic_textual CRITICAL https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/539
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16151
https://electron.atom.io/blog/2017/09/27/chromium-rce-vulnerability-fix
https://electronjs.org/blog/chromium-rce-vulnerability
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4w88-rjj3-x7wp
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/539
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16151
https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/539
cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://electron.atom.io/blog/2017/09/27/chromium-rce-vulnerability-fix
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://electronjs.org/blog/chromium-rce-vulnerability
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4w88-rjj3-x7wp
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Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16151
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16151
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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none
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16151
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/539
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.85689
EPSS Score 0.02845
Published At July 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:56:43.205791+00:00 GithubOSV Importer Import https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2018/07/GHSA-4w88-rjj3-x7wp/GHSA-4w88-rjj3-x7wp.json 37.0.0