Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion') Affecting electron package, versions >=31.0.0 <31.7.7>=32.0.0 <32.2.8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-ELECTRON-8516312
  • published17 Dec 2024
  • disclosed3 Dec 2024
  • creditgal1ium, chluo

Introduced: 3 Dec 2024

CVE-2024-12053  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-843  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade electron to version 31.7.7, 32.2.8 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 Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion') via a crafted HTML page. An attacker can potentially exploit object corruption by manipulating the HTML content.

CVSS Scores

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