Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting electron package, versions <25.9.4>=26.0.0-alpha.1 <26.5.0>=27.0.0-alpha.1 <27.0.4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.63% (80th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-ELECTRON-6043907
  • published9 Nov 2023
  • disclosed1 Nov 2023
  • creditDarkNavy

Introduced: 1 Nov 2023

CVE-2023-5849  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade electron to version 25.9.4, 26.5.0, 27.0.4 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 Integer Overflow or Wraparound in the USB component.

CVSS Scores

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