Use After Free Affecting electron package, versions <2.0.18 >=3.0.0 <3.0.16 >=3.0.0 <3.1.6 >=4.0.0 <4.0.8


0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity Mature
    EPSS 97.22% (100th percentile)
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NVD
6.5 medium
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Red Hat
8.8 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-ELECTRON-174045
  • published 31 Mar 2019
  • disclosed 7 Mar 2019
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

Upgrade electron to version 2.0.18, 3.0.16, 3.1.6, 4.0.8 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 Use After Free via the Chromium FileReader.

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