Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting electron package, versions >=14.0.0 <14.2.0 >=13.0.0 <13.5.2 <12.2.3
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
User Interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.35% (72nd
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-JS-ELECTRON-1912084
- published 26 Nov 2021
- disclosed 5 Nov 2021
- credit Unknown
Introduced: 5 Nov 2021
CVE-2021-37979 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade electron to version 14.2.0, 13.5.2, 12.2.3 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 via the WebRTC module in Chromium.