Bug 1560094 (CVE-2018-1000136) - CVE-2018-1000136 electron: Improper handling of values in Webviews
Summary: CVE-2018-1000136 electron: Improper handling of values in Webviews
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2018-1000136
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2018-03-23 21:20 UTC by Pedro Sampaio
Modified: 2019-09-29 14:35 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: Electron 1.7.13, Electron 1.8.4, Electron 2.0.0-beta.4
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Last Closed: 2018-03-23 21:22:50 UTC
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Description Pedro Sampaio 2018-03-23 21:20:42 UTC 
Electron version 1.7 up to 1.7.12; 1.8 up to 1.8.3 and 2.0.0 up to 2.0.0-beta.3 contains an improper handling of values vulnerability in Webviews that can result in remote code execution. This attack appear to be exploitable via an app which allows execution of 3rd party code AND disallows node integration AND has not specified if webview is enabled/disabled. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.7.13, 1.8.4, 2.0.0-beta.4.

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https://www.electronjs.org/blog/webview-fix
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