Use After Free Affecting electron package, versions <6.1.10 >=7.0.0 <7.2.2 >=8.0.0 <8.2.1


0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

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

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.5% (77th percentile)
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NVD
8.8 high
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Red Hat
8.8 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-ELECTRON-564272
  • published 2 Apr 2020
  • disclosed 2 Apr 2020
  • credit Semmle Security Research

How to fix?

Upgrade electron to version 6.1.10, 7.2.2, 8.2.1 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. Multiple user after free vulnerabilities exists in the WebAudio component of chromium.