Use After Free Affecting electron package, versions >=6.0.0 <6.1.12 >=7.0.0 <7.3.0 >=8.0.0 <8.3.0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.58% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-ELECTRON-569120
  • published 15 May 2020
  • disclosed 26 Mar 2020
  • credit Pawel Wylecial of REDTEAM.PL

How to fix?

Upgrade electron to version 6.1.12, 7.3.0, 8.3.0 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 Use After Free in ANGLE.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

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

8.8 high
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SUSE

6.5 medium