Use After Free Affecting org.webjars.npm:electron package, versions [,32.0.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.16% (53rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1050873
  • published13 Dec 2020
  • disclosed11 Dec 2020
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 11 Dec 2020

CVE-2020-16023  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.webjars.npm:electron to version 32.0.1 or higher.

Overview

org.webjars.npm: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. Since JavaScript may detach the underlying buffers, they need to be checked to ensure they're still valid before using them for decoding.

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