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GHSA-Q6M5-F73J-M9MC

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-06-15 20:20 – Updated: 2026-06-15 20:20

Summary

Electron: Buffer performs incorrect byte length calculations resulting in heap buffer under/overflow

Details

Impact

Most apps will crash and some may perform incorrect buffer allocations in the Node.js Buffer API resulting in unexpected truncation or allocation.

Workarounds

No workarounds. Do not use these impacted Electron releases

Fixed Versions

42.3.3

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, email us at security@electronjs.org

Severity

9.3 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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CVE-2026-54257 (GCVE-0-2026-54257)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-23 17:08 – Updated: 2026-06-23 17:47

Title

Electron: Buffer performs incorrect byte length calculations resulting in heap buffer under/overflow

Summary

Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. From 42.3.1 until 42.3.3, Buffer performs incorrect byte length calculations resulting in heap buffer under/overflow. Most apps will crash and some may perform incorrect buffer allocations in the Node.js Buffer API resulting in unexpected truncation or allocation. This vulnerability is fixed in 42.3.3.

Severity

9.3 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-120 - Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

Assigner

GitHub_M

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://github.com/electron/electron/security/adv…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
electron	electron	Affected: >= 42.3.1, < 42.3.3

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Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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