Use After Free Affecting electron package, versions >=12.0.0 <12.0.5 >=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

    EPSS 1.2% (85th percentile)
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NVD
8.8 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-ELECTRON-1253281
  • published 22 Apr 2021
  • disclosed 22 Apr 2021
  • credit release-clerk[bot]

How to fix?

Upgrade electron to version 12.0.5, 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 Aura in Google Chrome which allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

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