Arbitrary File Read Affecting electron package, versions >=17.0.0 <17.4.8>=18.0.0 <18.3.5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.23% (63rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-ELECTRON-2928901
  • published16 Jun 2022
  • disclosed16 Jun 2022
  • creditMark Brand

Introduced: 16 Jun 2022

CVE-2022-2010  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade electron to version 17.4.8, 18.3.5 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 Arbitrary File Read in compositing, due to improper deserialization of PaintImage pixel data.

CVSS Scores

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