Use After Free Affecting electron package, versions >=28.0.0 <28.3.2 >=29.0.0 <29.3.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-ELECTRON-6815427
  • published 9 May 2024
  • disclosed 7 May 2024
  • credit gelatin dessert

How to fix?

Upgrade electron to version 28.3.2, 29.3.3 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 due to the improper handling of memory in the ANGLE component.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

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

7 high