Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting electron package, versions >=14.0.0 <14.2.0 >=13.0.0 <13.5.2 <12.2.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.33% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-ELECTRON-1912084
  • published 26 Nov 2021
  • disclosed 5 Nov 2021
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

Upgrade electron to version 14.2.0, 13.5.2, 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 Heap-based Buffer Overflow via the WebRTC module in Chromium.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
8.8 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High
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NVD

8.8 high