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Type Confusion Affecting electron package, versions >=26.0.0 <26.6.4 >=27.0.0 <27.2.1

0.0
high
0
10

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.11% (45th percentile)
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NVD
8.8 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-ELECTRON-6137906
  • published 26 Apr 2024
  • disclosed 14 Dec 2023
  • credit Zhiyi Zhang and Zhunki from Codesafe Team of Legendsec at Qi'anxin Group
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Introduced: 14 Dec 2023

CVE-2023-6702 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-843 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade electron to version 26.6.4, 27.2.1 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 Type Confusion due to improper handling of objects in memory within the V8 engine. An attacker can potentially exploit heap corruption by crafting a malicious HTML page.