Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere Affecting @electron/packager package, versions >=18.3.0 <18.3.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-ELECTRONPACKAGER-6514819
  • published31 Mar 2024
  • disclosed29 Mar 2024
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 29 Mar 2024

CVE-2024-29900  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-497  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade @electron/packager to version 18.3.1 or higher.

Overview

@electron/packager is a Customize and package your Electron app with OS-specific bundles (.app, .exe, etc.) via JS or CLI

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere via the resedit() function in resedit.ts, which can include a random segment of heap memory into the packaged executable. An attacker can access up to 10kb of memory adjacent to the integrity buffer.

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