Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting electron package, versions <19.1.7>=20.0.0 <20.3.7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.2% (59th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-ELECTRON-3111878
  • published9 Nov 2022
  • disclosed9 Nov 2022
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 9 Nov 2022

CVE-2022-3890  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-122  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade electron to version 19.1.7, 20.3.7 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 Crashpad in Google Chrome on Android, which allows a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page.

CVSS Scores

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