Type Confusion Affecting electron package, versions <13.6.6>=14.0.0 <14.2.4>=15.0.0 <15.3.5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.11% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-ELECTRON-2329257
  • published3 Feb 2022
  • disclosed4 Jan 2022
  • credit@__R0ng of 360 Alpha Lab

Introduced: 4 Jan 2022

CVE-2021-4056  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-843  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade electron to version 13.6.6, 14.2.4, 15.3.5 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 Type Confusion in loader in Google Chrome. This can lead to heap corruption which is exploited through a crafted HTML page.

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