Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting electron package, versions >=14.0.0 <14.2.9>=15.0.0 <15.4.2>=16.0.0 <16.2.0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.31% (71st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-ELECTRON-2433620
  • published6 Apr 2022
  • disclosed25 Mar 2022
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 25 Mar 2022

CVE-2022-0976  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-122  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade electron to version 14.2.9, 15.4.2, 16.2.0 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 Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GPU.

CVSS Scores

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