Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting org.webjars.npm:electron package, versions [13.0.0,14.2.4) [15.0.0,15.3.5)


0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.19% (56th percentile)
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NVD
8.8 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-2803304
  • published 26 Apr 2022
  • disclosed 11 Jan 2022
  • credit Abraruddin Khan and Omair

How to fix?

Upgrade org.webjars.npm:electron to version 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 Heap-based Buffer Overflow which allows staged updates to bigger versions of a texture to go through even if the texture was redefined via glTexStorage*.