CVE-2024-29900
CVSS 3.1 Score 7.5 of 10 (high)
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Summary
The vulnerability with CVE ID CVE-2024-29900 affects Electron Packager, a tool used to bundle Electron-based application source code. The issue allows for the leakage of a random segment of Node.js heap memory into the final executable, potentially exposing sensitive information such as environment variables and secret files. The vulnerability has been patched in version 18.3.1. The base severity of this vulnerability is rated as HIGH and poses a potential danger to organizations, particularly in terms of confidentiality impact. The exploitability score is 3.9, indicating a moderate level of ease for potential attackers to exploit this vulnerability over a network connection with no privileges required.
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