Type Confusion Affecting electron package, versions <15.5.3 >=16.0.0 <16.2.4 >=17.0.0 <17.4.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity
    Mature
    EPSS
    2.44% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-ELECTRON-2805803
  • published 17 Apr 2022
  • disclosed 17 Apr 2022
  • credit Clément Lecigne of Google's Threat Analysis Group

How to fix?

Upgrade electron to version 15.5.3, 16.2.4, 17.4.2 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 Turbofan, exploiting this vulnerability is possible via a crafted HTML page.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
9.8 critical
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High
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NVD

8.8 high
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Red Hat

8.8 high