Is electron affected by CVE-2023-5217?

npm electron is affected in =24.0.0 =25.0.0 =26.0.0 =27.0.0-alpha.1 <27.0.0-beta.8.

Is CVE-2023-5217 being exploited?

Yes — it is on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) list.

high exploited in the wild

CVE-2023-5217

Q: Is CVE-2023-5217 being exploited?

Yes — it is on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) list.

npm · electron

Summary

Electron affected by libvpx's heap buffer overflow in vp8 encoding

Severity: high
EPSS: 34.4% (p98)
Also known as: GHSA-qqvq-6xgj-jw8g
Published: 2023-09-28

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5217
https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/40022
https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/40023

Related advisories

CVE-2026-54257 — critical · npm/electron
CVE-2022-4135 — critical · npm/electron
CVE-2026-34780 — high · npm/electron
CVE-2026-34774 — high · npm/electron
CVE-2026-34771 — high · npm/electron
CVE-2026-34770 — high · npm/electron
CVE-2026-34769 — high · npm/electron
CVE-2026-34765 — medium · npm/electron

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Sources: CISA KEV (public domain), OSV.dev & GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY-4.0), FIRST EPSS, NVD/CWE (public domain). Served live from the Stateward advisory database.