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PSA: a recently-fixed image parsing vulnerability in Chrome (and things that use Chrome, such as Electron apps) is being actively exploited in the wild. install your updates! (nvd.nist.gov)

submitted 1 year ago by cypherpunks@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Chrome was updated September 11

Electron updated September 12

Matrix Element Desktop updated September 15, without a changelog or advisory. (The Element update on September 13 did not include the updated electron with the fix; today's update does, according to their announcement on Matrix.)

Many/most electron apps don't receive timely security updates, so if you don't want arbitrary images to be able to get code execution you might want to stop using them.

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[–] narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee 29 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Electron apps are such a joke, honestly.

[–] cbarrick@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

VS Code is an awesome electron app

[–] raldone01@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I love vs code but electron causes issues: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/10121

[+] turkalino@lemmy.yachts -9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Discord is pretty bangin too

It's almost like shit electron apps are shit because the developers are such a joke (honestly), not electron.

[–] saiarcot895@programming.dev 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Discord has also been using ancient electron versions for a long while now (I don't know if they've since updated to versions that haven't been EoL'ed).

On Linux, I literally have a better experience using discord in my browser than the electron version.

Edit: looks like discord updated to Electron 22 in March 2023, with the update to Electron 23 happening maybe at the end of the year or early next year, according to this reddit post. So they're getting better, but still a bit behind.

[–] PlexSheep@feddit.de 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Using a whole browser as the base for your application just seems unnecessary. Then again, I do most things from my terminal.

[–] FaeDrifter@midwest.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The web is basically becoming a whole operating system and I hate it.

[–] neutron@thelemmy.club 4 points 1 year ago

At this pace I predict the fabled "year of the Linux desktop" will arrive when local- processing desktops have been overrun by closed-off mobile devices and cloud services.

[–] rbits@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Not for me, Discord is slow af on my laptop. But do definitely agree it's Discord's fault in this case

[–] sturmblast@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Discord is a privacy invading pile of shit

[–] anlumo@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

On ArchLinux, many Electron apps use a central installation of Electron that is kept up to date by the package manager. That works pretty well.

Of course, snap-based distributions like Ubuntu and other systems without a proper package manager like macOS and Windows can’t do it like that.

[–] narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

That's pretty cool. I'm wondering how often this leads to compatibility problems.

Still, nothing comes close to a native UI experience.