Is CVE-2024-29900 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2024-29900 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2024-29900?

CVE-2024-29900 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2024-29900?

CVE-2024-29900 has an EPSS score of 0.63% (46th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix or mitigate CVE-2024-29900?

No published fix for CVE-2024-29900 has been found yet. Check the linked vendor advisories for guidance as it becomes available.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2024-29900

HIGH

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Electron Packager bundles Electron-based application source code with a renamed Electron executable and supporting files into folders ready for distribution. A random segment of ~1-10kb of Node.js heap memory allocated either side of a known buffer will be leaked into the final executable. This memory _could_ contain sensitive information such as environment variables, secrets files, etc. This issue is patched in 18.3.1.

CWE-402

How to fix

No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.

Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.63%probability of exploitation in 30 days

46thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 46% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

github.com

Vendor Advisory1

github.com

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-05-07.