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Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting electron package, versions <26.6.3 >=27.0.0 <27.2.0 >=28.0.0 <28.1.0

0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity Mature
    EPSS 0.37% (73rd percentile)
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NVD
8.8 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-ELECTRON-6137744
  • published 22 Dec 2023
  • disclosed 20 Dec 2023
  • credit Clément Lecigne, Vlad Stolyarov
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Introduced: 20 Dec 2023

CVE-2023-7024 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-122 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade electron to version 26.6.3, 27.2.0, 28.1.0 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 Heap-based Buffer Overflow in the WebRTC framework, used to provide Real-Time Communications (RTC) capabilities via JavaScript APIs.