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Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion') in atom-shell

CVE-2024-2887

  • atom-shell
  • chromium
  • chromiumembeddedframework.runtime
  • electron
  • electron-nightly
  • electron-prebuilt
  • org.webjars.npm:electron
  • org.webjars.npm:electron-prebuilt
High
7.7/10

Summary

Type Confusion in WebAssembly in Google Chrome versions prior to 123.0.6312.86, allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page.

  • HIGH
  • LOCAL
  • HIGH
  • CHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-843 - Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')

The program allocates or initializes a resource such as a pointer, object, or variable using one type, but it later accesses that resource using a type that is incompatible with the original type.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published