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Use After Free in atom-shell

CVE-2023-6704

  • atom-shell
  • chromiumembeddedframework.runtime
  • electron
  • electron-nightly
  • electron-prebuilt
  • libavif
  • org.webjars.npm:electron
  • org.webjars.npm:electron-prebuilt
  • winlibs:libavif
High
8.8/10

Summary

Use After Free in libavif in Google Chrome versions prior to 120.0.6099.109 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted image file. This vulnerability also affects libavif package versions prior to 1.0.3.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-416 - Use After Free

Use-after-free (UaF) vulnerability occurs when the application is using a pointer to memory that has been freed. Any attempt to read/write to a buffer after it is de-allocated allows memory corruption, sensitive information exposure, and can potentially lead to arbitrary code execution.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published