Out-of-Bounds Affecting electron package, versions >=25.0.0 <25.9.8 >=26.0.0 <26.6.2 >=27.0.0 <27.1.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.1% (43rd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-ELECTRON-6095122
  • published 1 Dec 2023
  • disclosed 29 Nov 2023
  • credit Fudan University

How to fix?

Upgrade electron to version 25.9.8, 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 Out-of-Bounds. An attacker can potentially exploit heap corruption by using a crafted avif file.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
8.6 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    High
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NVD

8.8 high