Out-of-bounds Write Affecting electron package, versions <27.3.11 >=28.0.0 <28.3.1 >=29.0.0 <29.3.1
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
High
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.05% (15th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-JS-ELECTRON-6613086
- published 17 Apr 2024
- disclosed 10 Apr 2024
- credit DarkNavy
Introduced: 10 Apr 2024
New CVE-2024-3157 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade electron to version 27.3.11, 28.3.1, 29.3.1 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 Out-of-bounds Write in the Compositing process. An attacker can potentially perform a sandbox escape by exploiting specific UI gestures. This is only exploitable if the attacker has already compromised the GPU process.