Use After Free Affecting electron package, versions <30.4.0 >=31.0.0 <31.4.0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.06% (28th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-ELECTRON-7577921
  • published 2 Aug 2024
  • disclosed 1 Aug 2024
  • credit ppontes

How to fix?

Upgrade electron to version 30.4.0, 31.4.0 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 in Loader component. An attacker can potentially exploit heap corruption by crafting a malicious HTML page.

CVSS Scores

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Snyk

Recommended
8.7 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Attack Requirements (AT)
    None
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Passive
  • Confidentiality (VC)
    High
  • Integrity (VI)
    High
  • Availability (VA)
    High
  • Confidentiality (SC)
    None
  • Integrity (SI)
    None
  • Availability (SA)
    None