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Use After Free Affecting org.webjars.npm:electron package, versions [,13.6.6) [14.0.0,14.2.4) [15.0.0,15.3.5)

0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

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

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 4.97% (93rd percentile)
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NVD
8.8 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-2342166
  • published 17 Jan 2022
  • disclosed 13 Jan 2022
  • credit Sergei Glazunov of Google Project Zero
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Introduced: 13 Jan 2022

CVE-2021-4057 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-416 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade org.webjars.npm:electron to version 13.6.6, 14.2.4, 15.3.5 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 via file API in Google Chrome prior to 96.0.4664.93. It allows a remote attacker who have compromised the renderer process to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.