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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 2 years ago by 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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[–] 30 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Electron apps are such a joke, honestly.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    VS Code is an awesome electron app

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  • [+] -10 points 2 years 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.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

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

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

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

    Still, nothing comes close to a native UI experience.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago

    Still, nothing comes close to a native UI experience.

    That's not really well defined on Linux. It feels like every application comes with its own toolkit and its own behavior. Even on Windows, there is a mixture of three different generations of Windows UI systems (Windows XP-style, Windows 8-style, Fluent) that are completely different.

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