Out-of-bounds Write Affecting electron package, versions <26.6.6>=27.0.0 <27.2.3>=28.0.0 <28.1.4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (46th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-ELECTRON-6173171
  • published18 Jan 2024
  • disclosed17 Jan 2024
  • creditToan (suto) Pham

Introduced: 17 Jan 2024

CVE-2024-0517  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade electron to version 26.6.6, 27.2.3, 28.1.4 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 Write allowing a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Note: The Stable channel has been updated to 120.0.6099.234 for Mac devices.

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