Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting electron package, versions <31.7.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (28th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-ELECTRON-8302885
  • published24 Oct 2024
  • disclosed11 Sept 2024
  • creditRenan Rios

Introduced: 11 Sep 2024

CVE-2024-8636  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-122  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade electron to version 31.7.2 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 in Skia

CVSS Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1