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Use After Free Affecting electron package, versions >=28.0.0 <28.3.2 >=29.0.0 <29.4.1

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.05% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-ELECTRON-6913435
  • published 23 May 2024
  • disclosed 15 May 2024
  • credit wgslfuzz
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Introduced: 15 May 2024

CVE-2024-4948 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-416 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade electron to version 28.3.2, 29.4.1 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 Use After Free via the Dawn process. An attacker can potentially exploit heap corruption by using a crafted HTML page.

References

CVSS Scores

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Snyk

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