Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting electron package, versions >=12.0.0-beta.1 <12.0.10 >=11.0.0-beta.1 <11.4.8 <10.4.7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.55% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-ELECTRON-1296553
  • published 4 Jun 2021
  • disclosed 25 May 2021
  • credit Jun Kokatsu

How to fix?

Upgrade electron to version 12.0.10, 11.4.8, 10.4.7 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 Reader Mode.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
7.3 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    Low
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NVD

8.8 high