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Type Confusion Affecting electron package, versions <29.4.3

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.05% (17th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-ELECTRON-7411383
  • published 28 Jun 2024
  • disclosed 22 May 2024
  • credit Zhenghang Xiao
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Introduced: 22 May 2024

CVE-2024-5158 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-843 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade electron to version 29.4.3 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 Type Confusion due to the V8 process. An attacker can potentially perform arbitrary read/write by exploiting a crafted HTML page.

CVSS Scores

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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