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

0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.46% (76th percentile)
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NVD
8.8 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-ELECTRON-1912082
  • published 5 Nov 2021
  • disclosed 5 Nov 2021
  • credit Unknown
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Introduced: 5 Nov 2021

CVE-2021-37978 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-122 Open this link 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.