Out-of-bounds Write Affecting electron package, versions >=12.0.0 <12.2.3>=13.0.0 <13.5.2>=14.0.0 <14.2.0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.33% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-ELECTRON-1932538
  • published29 Nov 2021
  • disclosed29 Nov 2021
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 29 Nov 2021

CVE-2021-37979  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade electron to version 12.2.3, 13.5.2, 14.2.0 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 Out-of-bounds Write via a heap buffer overflow in WebRTC, which allows a remote attacker who convinced a user to browse to a malicious website to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

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