Buffer Overflow Affecting electron package, versions >=13.0.0 <13.5.0 <12.2.0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.41% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-ELECTRON-1656742
  • published 28 Sep 2021
  • disclosed 21 Sep 2021
  • credit aehun Jeong(@n3sk) of Theori

How to fix?

Upgrade electron to version 13.5.0, 12.2.0 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 Buffer Overflow in ANGLE.

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