Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting electron package, versions >=22.0.0 <22.3.22>=24.0.0 <24.8.1>=25.0.0 <25.7.0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.5% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-ELECTRON-5847429
  • published16 Aug 2023
  • disclosed15 Aug 2023
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 15 Aug 2023

CVE-2023-4354  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-122  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade electron to version 22.3.22, 24.8.1, 25.7.0 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 in Skia in Google Chrome prior to 116.0.5845.96 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

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