Homepage
About Snyk

Type Confusion Affecting electron package, versions <27.3.9 >=28.0.0-alpha.1 <28.2.10 >=29.0.0-alpha.1 <29.2.0

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.05% (16th percentile)

Do your applications use this vulnerable package?

In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.

Test your applications
  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-ELECTRON-6515651
  • published 4 Apr 2024
  • disclosed 26 Mar 2024
  • credit Manfred Paul
Report a new vulnerability Found a mistake?

Introduced: 26 Mar 2024

CVE-2024-2887 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-843 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade electron to version 27.3.9, 28.2.10, 29.2.0 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 a flaw in the WebAssembly component. An attacker can execute arbitrary code on the victim's machine by convincing them to visit a maliciously crafted HTML page.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
Expand this section

Snyk

9.6 critical
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Changed
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High