Use After Free Affecting electron package, versions <27.3.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (37th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-ELECTRON-6253729
  • published25 Jun 2024
  • disclosed7 Feb 2024
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 7 Feb 2024

CVE-2024-1284  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade electron to version 27.3.3 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 Use After Free via the Mojo interface. An attacker can potentially exploit heap corruption by delivering a crafted HTML page.

CVSS Scores

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