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Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion') Affecting electron package, versions >=12.0.0-beta.1 <12.0.12 <11.4.9

0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

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

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity Mature
    EPSS 13.95% (96th percentile)
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NVD
8.8 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-ELECTRON-1312314
  • published 1 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 21 Jun 2021
  • credit Unknown
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Introduced: 21 Jun 2021

CVE-2021-30551 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-843 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade electron to version 12.0.12, 11.4.9 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 Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion'). Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome allows a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.