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
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.33% (72nd
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-JS-ELECTRON-1932538
- published 29 Nov 2021
- disclosed 29 Nov 2021
- credit Unknown
Introduced: 29 Nov 2021
CVE-2021-37979 Open this link in a new tabHow 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.
CVSS Scores
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