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Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting electron package, versions >=13.0.0 <13.1.8 >=12.0.0 <12.0.16 <11.4.11

0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.53% (77th percentile)
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NVD
8.8 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-ELECTRON-1534884
  • published 4 Aug 2021
  • disclosed 29 Jul 2021
  • credit Yangkang (@dnpushme) of 360 ATA
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Introduced: 29 Jul 2021

CVE-2021-30568 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-122 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade electron to version 13.1.8, 12.0.16, 11.4.11 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 Heap-based Buffer Overflow in WebGL via Chrome. This allows a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.