Out-of-bounds Read Affecting electron package, versions >=14.0.0-beta.1 <14.2.8 >=15.0.0-alpha.1 <15.4.2 >=16.0.0-alpha.1 <16.1.1


Severity

0.0
medium
0
10

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.16% (53rd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-ELECTRON-2431021
  • published 24 Mar 2022
  • disclosed 22 Mar 2022
  • credit Jaehun Jeong(@n3sk) of Theori

How to fix?

Upgrade electron to version 14.2.8, 15.4.2, 16.1.1 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 Read via the divisor emulation path.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

6.8 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    High
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Changed
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    None
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NVD

6.5 medium