Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting electron package, versions >=14.0.0 <14.2.0<13.5.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.64% (80th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-ELECTRON-1912082
  • published5 Nov 2021
  • disclosed5 Nov 2021
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 5 Nov 2021

CVE-2021-37978  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-122  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade electron to version 14.2.0, 13.5.2 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 via the Blink module in Chromium.

CVSS Scores

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