Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting electron package, versions >=22.0.0 <22.3.14>=23.0.0 <23.3.8>=24.0.0 <24.6.0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team. Learn more

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.85% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-ELECTRON-5710623
  • published14 Jun 2023
  • disclosed14 Jun 2023
  • credit5n1p3r0010

Introduced: 14 Jun 2023

CVE-2023-3216  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-122  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade electron to version 22.3.14, 23.3.8, 24.6.0 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 Heap-based Buffer Overflow. Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome, potentially allowing a remote attacker to exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

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