Out-of-bounds Read Affecting electron package, versions <32.3.3>=33.0.0-alpha.1 <33.4.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team. Learn more

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-ELECTRON-8738836
  • published20 Feb 2025
  • disclosed15 Feb 2025
  • creditAlan Goodman

Introduced: 15 Feb 2025

CVE-2025-0998  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade electron to version 32.3.3, 33.4.3 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 via a crafted HTML page. An attacker can execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox by crafting a malicious HTML page.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1