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
0.55% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-565371
  • published14 Apr 2020
  • disclosed18 Mar 2020
  • creditDavid Manouchehri

Introduced: 18 Mar 2020

CVE-2020-6422  (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. It allows a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

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