Use After Free Affecting electron package, versions >=25.0.0 <25.9.7>=26.0.0 <26.6.2>=27.0.0 <27.1.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.36% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-ELECTRON-6095121
  • published1 Dec 2023
  • disclosed29 Nov 2023
  • creditLeecraso, Guang Gong

Introduced: 29 Nov 2023

CVE-2023-6347  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade electron to version 25.9.7, 26.6.2, 27.1.3 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. An attacker can potentially exploit heap corruption by crafting a malicious HTML page.

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