Inappropriate coding practices In electron
Description
Electron: Use-after-free in download save dialog callback
Impact
Apps that allow downloads and programmatically destroy sessions may be vulnerable to a use-after-free. If a session is torn down while a native save-file dialog is open for a download, dismissing the dialog dereferences freed memory, which may lead to a crash or memory corruption.
Apps that do not destroy sessions at runtime, or that do not permit downloads, are not affected.
Workarounds
Avoid destroying sessions while a download save dialog may be open. Cancel pending downloads before session teardown.
Fixed Versions
41.0.0-beta.7
40.7.0
39.8.0
38.8.6
For more information
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Mitigation
Update Impact
Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.
Ecosystem | Package | Affected version | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|---|
npm | 38.8.6, 39.8.0, 40.7.0, 41.0.0-beta.7 |
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