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FreeBSD : electron{34,35,36} -- Out of bounds read and write in V8 (8c94ae2a-06f5-4383-9a7f-1211cb0dd476)

high Nessus Plugin ID 237771

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The version of FreeBSD installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the 8c94ae2a-06f5-4383-9a7f-1211cb0dd476 advisory.

 Electron developers report:
 This update fixes the following vulnerability:

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the FreeBSD security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x828-wp24-7h9m

http://www.nessus.org/u?32bcb1e6

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 237771

File Name: freebsd_pkg_8c94ae2a06f543839a7f1211cb0dd476.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 6/5/2025

Updated: 6/5/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-5419

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:electron34, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:electron35, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:electron36, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/4/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/2/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-5419