Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting electron Open this link in a new tab package, versions <8.5.3 >=9.0.0-beta.1 <9.3.3 >=10.0.0-beta.1 <10.1.5
Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
Attack Complexity
Low
Availability
High
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snyk-id
SNYK-JS-ELECTRON-1021884
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published
21 Oct 2020
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disclosed
21 Oct 2020
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credit
Sergei Glazunov of Google Project Zero
Introduced: 21 Oct 2020
CVE-2020-15999 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade electron
to version 8.5.3, 9.3.3, 10.1.5 or higher.
Overview
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 in Freetype.