Use After Free Affecting electron package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-ELECTRON-8604281
  • published9 Jan 2025
  • disclosed18 Dec 2024
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 18 Dec 2024

NewCVE-2024-12694  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for electron.

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 Use After Free via the Compositing process. An attacker can potentially exploit heap corruption by crafting a malicious HTML page.

CVSS Scores

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version 3.1