Out-of-Bounds Write Affecting electron package, versions <31.7.2
Threat Intelligence
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-JS-ELECTRON-8302889
- published24 Oct 2024
- disclosed3 Sept 2024
- creditCassidy Kim
Introduced: 3 Sep 2024
CVE-2024-7970 (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 Out-of-Bounds Write via the V8 engine. An attacker can potentially exploit heap corruption by crafting a malicious HTML page.