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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 1.24% (86th 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-565368
  • published 14 Apr 2020
  • disclosed 18 Mar 2020
  • credit Man Yue Mo
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Introduced: 18 Mar 2020

CVE-2020-6449 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-416 Open this link in a new tab

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 via the audio component. It allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.