Type Confusion Affecting electron package, versions <29.4.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (25th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-ELECTRON-7411390
  • published28 Jun 2024
  • disclosed20 Jun 2024
  • creditSeunghyun Lee (@0x10n)

Introduced: 20 Jun 2024

CVE-2024-6100  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-843  (opens 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 via a crafted HTML page in the V8 engine.

**Note: ** This is only exploitable if the user navigates to or is redirected to the malicious page.

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