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

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.1% (43rd percentile)

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  • 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

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.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

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

8.8 high