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. Learn more

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.55% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-ELECTRON-1296555
  • published4 Jun 2021
  • disclosed25 May 2021
  • creditZhanJia Song

Introduced: 25 May 2021

CVE-2021-30516  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

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 History.

CVSS Scores

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