Use After Free Affecting electron package, versions >=7.0.0 <7.3.3>=8.0.0 <8.5.1>=9.0.0 <9.2.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
21.61% (98th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-ELECTRON-608662
  • published29 Jul 2020
  • disclosed27 Jul 2020
  • creditSergei Glazunov

Introduced: 27 Jul 2020

CVE-2020-6541  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade electron to version 7.3.3, 8.5.1, 9.2.2 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 WebUSB.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1