Use After Free Affecting electron package, versions <29.4.5>=30.0.0 <30.2.0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-ELECTRON-7443354
  • published11 Jul 2024
  • disclosed24 Jun 2024
  • creditwgslfuzz

Introduced: 24 Jun 2024

CVE-2024-6293  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade electron to version 29.4.5, 30.2.0 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 Use After Free through the Dawn process. An attacker can potentially exploit heap corruption by crafting a malicious HTML page.

CVSS Scores

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