Type Confusion Affecting electron package, versions >=13.0.0 <13.6.7>=14.0.0 <14.2.4>=15.0.0 <15.3.5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team. Learn more

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.56% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-ELECTRON-2329258
  • published12 Jan 2022
  • disclosed4 Jan 2022
  • creditNan Wan, Guang Gong

Introduced: 4 Jan 2022

CVE-2021-4078  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-843  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade electron to version 13.6.7, 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 V8 in Google Chrome, which allows a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

CVSS Scores

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