{"cve":"CVE-2017-16151","nvd":{"published":"2018-06-07T02:29:04.487","modified":"2026-06-17T01:08:52.953","status":"Modified","description":"Based on details posted by the ElectronJS team; A remote code execution vulnerability has been discovered in Google Chromium that affects all recent versions of Electron. Any Electron app that accesses remote content is vulnerable to this exploit, regardless of whether the [sandbox option](https://electron.atom.io/docs/api/sandbox-option) is enabled.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":9.8},"cwes":["CWE-94"],"references":["https://electron.atom.io/blog/2017/09/27/chromium-rce-vulnerability-fix","https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/539","https://electron.atom.io/blog/2017/09/27/chromium-rce-vulnerability-fix","https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/539"],"products":["electronjs:electron"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:50:40.212176939+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2017-16151","score":0.02675,"percentile":0.85786,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-4w88-rjj3-x7wp","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-4w88-rjj3-x7wp","summary":"Chromium Remote Code Execution in electron","modified":"2023-11-08T03:59:07.894384Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"electron","purl":"pkg:npm/electron","ranges":["<1.6.14"],"fixed":["1.6.14"]},{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"electron","purl":"pkg:npm/electron","ranges":[">=1.7.0 <1.7.8"],"fixed":["1.7.8"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}