Type Confusion Affecting electron package, versions >=14.0.0 <14.2.1>=13.0.0 <13.6.2<12.2.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
0.25% (65th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-ELECTRON-1911949
  • published26 Nov 2021
  • disclosed5 Nov 2021
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 5 Nov 2021

CVE-2021-38001  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-843  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade electron to version 14.2.1, 13.6.2, 12.2.3 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 Type Confusion via the V8 module in Chromium.

CVSS Scores

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