Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting electron package, versions >=13.0.0 <13.1.8>=12.0.0 <12.0.16<11.4.11


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.42% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-ELECTRON-1534884
  • published4 Aug 2021
  • disclosed29 Jul 2021
  • creditYangkang (@dnpushme) of 360 ATA

Introduced: 29 Jul 2021

CVE-2021-30568  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-122  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade electron to version 13.1.8, 12.0.16, 11.4.11 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 WebGL via Chrome. This allows a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

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