cvelistv5 - CVE-2021-39184

CVE-2021-39184

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published
2021-10-12 19:05
Modified
2024-08-04 01:58
Severity ?
6.8 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
Sandboxed renderers can obtain thumbnails of arbitrary files through the nativeImage API
References
▼	URL	Tags
	security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/30728	Third Party Advisory
	security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/electron/electron/security/advisories/GHSA-mpjm-v997-c4h4	Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor
Product
Version
▼
electron
Version: < 11.5.0
Version: >= 12.0.0, < 12.1.0
Version: >= 13.0.0, < 13.3.0
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CVE-2021-39184

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

gsd-2021-39184

Vulnerability from gsd

ghsa-mpjm-v997-c4h4

Vulnerability from github

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