CVE-2026-34781

LOW2.8EPSS 0.01%

Electron: Crash in clipboard.readImage() on malformed clipboard image data

Published: 4/7/2026Modified: 4/8/2026

Description

### Impact 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. ### Workarounds Validate that the clipboard contains image data via `clipboard.availableFormats()` before calling `clipboard.readImage()`. Note this only narrows the window — upgrading to a fixed version is recommended. ### Fixed Versions * `42.0.0-alpha.5` * `41.1.0` * `40.8.5` * `39.8.5` ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, email us at [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])

Affected packages (1)

CVSS scores

SourceVersionSeverityVector
osvCVSS 3.1LOW2.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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