CVE Explorer
CVE-2026-34781
Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to 39.8.5, 40.8.5, 41.1.0, and 42.0.0-alpha.5, apps that call clipboard.readImage() may be vulnerable to a denial of service. If the system clipboard contains image data that fails to decode, the resulting null bitmap is passed unchecked to image construction, triggering a controlled abort and crashing the process. Apps are only affected if they call clipboard.readImage(). Apps that do n
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"product":"electron","vendor":"electron","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"< 39.8.5"},{"status":"affected","version":">= 40.0.0-alpha.1, < 40.8.5"},{"status":"affected","version":">= 41.0.0-alpha.1, < 41.1.0"},{"status":"affected","version":">= 42.0.0-alpha.1, < 42.0.0-alpha.5"}]}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5affectedurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:a690246e5f65bb40030d4c77d050e25b42131f2d09e1aad21b52cbc8ece672a7 · sha256:6bf78ae25d746d35… · /containers/cna/affected/0
Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"LOCAL","availabilityImpact":"LOW","baseScore":2.8,"baseSeverity":"LOW","confidentialityImpact":"NONE","integrityImpact":"NONE","privilegesRequired":"LOW","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"REQUIRED","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:a690246e5f65bb40030d4c77d050e25b42131f2d09e1aad21b52cbc8ece672a7 · sha256:6bf78ae25d746d35… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1
CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-476","description":"CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:a690246e5f65bb40030d4c77d050e25b42131f2d09e1aad21b52cbc8ece672a7 · sha256:6bf78ae25d746d35… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
1 source assertion{"name":"https://github.com/electron/electron/security/advisories/GHSA-f37v-82c4-4x64","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"https://github.com/electron/electron/security/advisories/GHSA-f37v-82c4-4x64"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:a690246e5f65bb40030d4c77d050e25b42131f2d09e1aad21b52cbc8ece672a7 · sha256:6bf78ae25d746d35… · /containers/cna/references/0
Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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