NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting electron package, versions <27.3.8 >=28.0.0 <28.2.9 >=29.0.0 <29.1.6


0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.06% (23rd percentile)
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NVD
8.8 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-ELECTRON-6476870
  • published 28 Mar 2024
  • disclosed 20 Mar 2024
  • credit Ganjiang Zhou

How to fix?

Upgrade electron to version 27.3.8, 28.2.9, 29.1.6 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 NULL Pointer Dereference in V8, due to an object lifecycle issue involving scope inheritance.