Type Confusion Affecting electron package, versions >=26.0.0 <26.6.4 >=27.0.0 <27.2.1
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.13% (49th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-JS-ELECTRON-6137906
- published 26 Apr 2024
- disclosed 14 Dec 2023
- credit Zhiyi Zhang and Zhunki from Codesafe Team of Legendsec at Qi'anxin Group
Introduced: 14 Dec 2023
CVE-2023-6702 Open this link in a new tabHow 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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