Type Confusion Affecting electron package, versions >=26.0.0 <26.6.4>=27.0.0 <27.2.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (48th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-ELECTRON-6137906
  • published26 Apr 2024
  • disclosed14 Dec 2023
  • creditZhiyi Zhang and Zhunki from Codesafe Team of Legendsec at Qi'anxin Group

Introduced: 14 Dec 2023

CVE-2023-6702  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-843  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade electron to version 26.6.4, 27.2.1 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 Type Confusion due to improper handling of objects in memory within the V8 engine. An attacker can potentially exploit heap corruption by crafting a malicious HTML page.

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