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Paper/Archive/CVE-2026-54257

CVE-2026-54257

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

EPSS 0.4%CVSS 9.3
critical.is priorityof 100
35
CVSS 9.3 (CNA)9.3 / 10 × 3027.9Not in CISA KEV+300.0EPSS percentile 37.1.371 × 207.4No public exploit+100.0SSVC exploitation: none+100.0
Description · from the CVE record

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.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
electron>= 42.3.1, < 42.3.3–CNA

Scores by source

GitHub_M (CNA)9.3CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial

References

refgithub.com/electron/electron/security/advisories/GHSA-q6m5-f73j-m9mc