Use After Free 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

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.41% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-ELECTRON-5710626
  • published 14 Jun 2023
  • disclosed 14 Jun 2023
  • credit Unknown

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 Use After Free in WebRTC in Google Chrome prior to 114.0.5735.133 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

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