Interger Underflow Affecting electron package, versions <14.2.5>=15.0.0 <15.3.6


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-2351961
  • published6 Feb 2022
  • disclosed21 Jan 2022
  • creditJaehun Jeong

Introduced: 21 Jan 2022

CVE-2021-4066  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-191  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade electron to version 14.2.5, 15.3.6 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 Interger Underflow in ANGLE. A remote attacker could potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

CVSS Scores

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