Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Affecting electron package, versions <8.5.3 || >=9.0.0-beta.1 <9.3.3 || >=10.0.0-beta.1 <10.1.5

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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 Heap-based Buffer Overflow in Freetype.

Remediation

Upgrade electron to version 8.5.3, 9.3.3, 10.1.5 or higher.

References

CVSS Score

7.5
high severity
  • Attack Vector
    Network
  • Attack Complexity
    Low
  • Privileges Required
    None
  • User Interaction
    None
  • Scope
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality
    None
  • Integrity
    None
  • Availability
    High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Credit
Sergei Glazunov of Google Project Zero
CVE
CVE-2020-15999
CWE
CWE-119
Snyk ID
SNYK-JS-ELECTRON-1021884
Disclosed
21 Oct, 2020
Published
21 Oct, 2020