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Use After Free Affecting electron package, versions >=11.0.0 <11.4.4 <10.4.4

0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity Mature
    EPSS 7.82% (95th percentile)
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NVD
8.8 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-ELECTRON-1252279
  • published 28 Apr 2021
  • disclosed 20 Apr 2021
  • credit Unknown
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Introduced: 20 Apr 2021

CVE-2021-21206 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-416 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade electron to version 11.4.4, 10.4.4 or higher.

Overview

electron is a framework which lets you write cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free via a vulnerability that exists in Blink in Chromium. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page, trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the system.