CVE-2017-16151

highpriority · track · 40EPSS 0.027 · 86 %ileEUUS
grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
2.67% (86th) EPSS
CVSS 7.5 · high
Is it mine?
4 products
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Who says so?
4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

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9.8
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 6.4
v3.09.8criticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9
v3.09.8criticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · OSV
v3.09criticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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affected products (4)

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advisories (1)

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  • GHSA-4w88-rjj3-x7wpChromium Remote Code Execution in electron2018-07-24ghsa · osvUS

    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.

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published 2018-06-07modified 2026-06-17
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