Information Exposure Affecting org.webjars.npm:electron package, versions [,32.0.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (42nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1061895
  • published16 Dec 2020
  • disclosed11 Dec 2020
  • creditAndré Bargull

Introduced: 11 Dec 2020

CVE-2020-16042  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (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 Information Exposure. When a BigInt is right-shifted the backing store is not properly cleared, allowing uninitialized memory to be read.

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