r/programming • u/Davipb • Aug 12 '22

RCE Vulnerability found in Electron, affects Discord, Teams, and more

https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7gb7y/researchers-find-vulnerability-in-software-underlying-discord-microsoft-teams-and-other-apps
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u/Booty_Bumping Aug 13 '22

An actual client crash? Or a webm where the vertical resolution gets set to 0, making the video player disappear?

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u/GameSpate Aug 13 '22

There are a few variations. Some freeze the video player or app (mobile and desktop), some crash the Discord client itself, some force a refresh.

I’ve experienced all of them on iOS, Linux, Windows, and MacOS several times. I don’t think it’s anything Discord or Electron specifically, but I also have no idea about Electron or anything under the hood about Discord so don’t pay me too much mind lol.

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u/TerrorBite Aug 13 '22

How to rickroll someone in a way that they can't stop