Heap Overflow Affecting electron package, versions <6.1.10 >=7.0.0 <7.2.2 >=8.0.0 <8.2.1
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.87% (83rd
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-JS-ELECTRON-565051
- published 2 Apr 2020
- disclosed 2 Apr 2020
- credit Unknown
Introduced: 2 Apr 2020
CVE-2020-6452 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade electron to version 6.1.10, 7.2.2, 8.2.1 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 Overflow. A Heap buffer overflow exists in the media component of Google Chrome, which also affects chromium.
CVSS Scores
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