Out-of-bounds Read Affecting electron package, versions <22.3.5


Severity

0.0
high
0
10

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.7% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-ELECTRON-3370529
  • published 22 Mar 2023
  • disclosed 22 Mar 2023
  • credit Mark Brand of Google Project Zero

How to fix?

Upgrade electron to version 22.3.5 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 Out-of-bounds Read in GPU Video in Google Chrome prior to 111.0.5563.110 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

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

8.8 high