Use After Free Affecting electron package, versions <29.4.6 >=30.0.0 <30.4.0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (10th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-ELECTRON-7707755
  • published 18 Aug 2024
  • disclosed 16 Jul 2024
  • credit Sven Dysthe (@svn-dys)

How to fix?

Upgrade electron to version 29.4.6, 30.4.0 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 via the Navigation process. An attacker can exploit heap corruption by convincing a user to install a malicious extension.

CVSS Scores

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version 3.1
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Snyk

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