Out-of-bounds Read 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-7707758
  • published 18 Aug 2024
  • disclosed 16 Jul 2024
  • credit 5fceb6172bbf7e2c5a948183b53565b9

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 Out-of-bounds Read through the V8 engine. An attacker can access memory locations outside of the intended bounds by crafting a malicious HTML page.

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

CVSS Scores

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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