Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting electron package, versions <29.4.6 >=30.0.0 <30.4.0
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.04% (10th
percentile)
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- published 18 Aug 2024
- disclosed 16 Jul 2024
- credit Salim Largo
Introduced: 16 Jul 2024
CVE-2024-6773 Open this link in a new tabHow 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 Heap-based Buffer Overflow through the V8 engine. An attacker can corrupt memory and potentially execute arbitrary code by crafting a malicious HTML page.
Note: This is only exploitable if the user navigates to or is redirected to a malicious web page.