Electron crashes in clipboard.readImage() on malformed clipboard image data (electron electron)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.14 % · percentile 4 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- GitHub_M
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Description
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 not read images from the clipboard are not affected. This issue does not allow memory corruption or code execution. This vulnerability is fixed in 39.8.5, 40.8.5, 41.1.0, and 42.0.0-alpha.5.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | LOW 2.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L | GitHub_M |
| CVSS 3.1 | LOW 2.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L | NVD · security-advisories@github.com (Secondary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | LOW 3.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
Advisories
- GHSA-f37v-82c4-4x64 — Electron: Crash in clipboard.readImage() on malformed clipboard image data
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-19950
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-34781
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*≤ 39.8.4cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*≥ 40.0.0 ≤ 40.8.4cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*≥ 41.0.0 < 41.1.0cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:41.2.0:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:42.0.0:alpha1:*:*:*:node.js:*:*cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:42.0.0:alpha2:*:*:*:node.js:*:*cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:42.0.0:alpha3:*:*:*:node.js:*:*cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:42.0.0:alpha4:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| electron · electron | affected < 39.8.5 ; affected >= 40.0.0-alpha.1, < 40.8.5 ; affected >= 41.0.0-alpha.1, < 41.1.0 ; affected >= 42.0.0-alpha.1, < 42.0.0-alpha.5 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |