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Use After Free Affecting electron package, versions <26.6.3 >=27.0.0 <27.2.0

0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required
    Scope Changed

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.18% (55th percentile)
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NVD
8.8 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-ELECTRON-6105391
  • published 22 Dec 2023
  • disclosed 6 Dec 2023
  • credit Cassidy Kim
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Introduced: 6 Dec 2023

CVE-2023-6508 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-416 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade electron to version 26.6.3, 27.2.0 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 Media Stream process. An attacker can potentially exploit heap corruption by crafting a malicious HTML page.