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7.0 HIGH
  • CVSS version (CVSS): 3.1
  • Attack Vector (AV): Local (L)
  • Attack Complexity (AC): High (H)
  • Privileges Required (PR): None (N)
  • User Interaction (UI): Required (R)
  • Scope (S): Unchanged (U)
  • Confidentiality (C): High (H)
  • Integrity (I): High (H)
  • Availability (A): High (H)
  • Modified Attack Vector (MAV): Local (L)
  • Modified Attack Complexity (MAC): High (H)
  • Modified Privileges Required (MPR): None (N)
  • Modified User Interaction (MUI): Required (R)
  • Modified Confidentiality (MC): High (H)
  • Modified Scope (MS): Unchanged (U)
  • Modified Integrity (MI): High (H)
  • Modified Availability (MA): High (H)
created 2 months, 2 weeks ago Activity log
  • Created suggestion 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Electron: Use-after-free in PowerMonitor on Windows and macOS

Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to versions 38.8.6, 39.8.1, 40.8.0, and 41.0.0-beta.8, apps that use the powerMonitor module may be vulnerable to a use-after-free. After the native PowerMonitor object is garbage-collected, the associated OS-level resources (a message window on Windows, a shutdown handler on macOS) retain dangling references. A subsequent session-change event (Windows) or system shutdown (macOS) dereferences freed memory, which may lead to a crash or memory corruption. All apps that access powerMonitor events (suspend, resume, lock-screen, etc.) are potentially affected. The issue is not directly renderer-controllable. This issue has been patched in versions 38.8.6, 39.8.1, 40.8.0, and 41.0.0-beta.8.

Affected products

electron
  • ==>= 39.0.0-alpha.1, < 39.8.1
  • ==< 38.8.6
  • ==>= 40.0.0-alpha.1, < 40.8.0
  • ==>= 41.0.0-alpha.1, < 41.0.0-beta.8

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