Use After Free Affecting electron package, versions <15.5.3 >=16.0.0 <16.2.4 >=17.0.0 <17.4.2


0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.37% (73rd percentile)
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NVD
8.8 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-ELECTRON-2805927
  • published 2 Sep 2022
  • disclosed 29 Apr 2022
  • credit Brendon Tiszka

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 Use After Free in regular expressions (V8).