Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting electron package, versions >=22.0.0 <22.3.6 >=23.0.0 <23.2.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.59% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-ELECTRON-5418305
  • published 9 Apr 2023
  • disclosed 9 Apr 2023
  • credit Weipeng Jiang

How to fix?

Upgrade electron to version 22.3.6, 23.2.3 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 Visuals in Google Chrome prior which allowes a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
7.3 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)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    Low
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NVD

8.8 high