Use After Free Affecting org.webjars.npm:electron package, versions [,16.2.4) [17.0.0-alpha.1,17.4.2)


0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

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

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.37% (73rd percentile)
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NVD
8.8 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-2964215
  • published 18 May 2022
  • disclosed 24 Apr 2022
  • credit ppontes

How to fix?

Upgrade org.webjars.npm:electron to version 16.2.4, 17.4.2 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 in the BFCache, due to the attempts to cache an interstitial which results in a crash.