cvelistv5 - CVE-2020-15174

CVE-2020-15174

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2020-10-06 17:35

Modified

2024-08-04 13:08

Severity ?

7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:L

Summary

Unpreventable top-level navigation in Electron

References

▼	URL	Tags
	security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/18613925610ba319da7f497b6deed85ad712c59b	Patch, Third Party Advisory
	security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/electron/electron/security/advisories/GHSA-2q4g-w47c-4674	Third Party Advisory

Impacted products

▼	Vendor	Product
	electron	electron

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CVE-2020-15174

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

gsd-2020-15174

Vulnerability from gsd

ghsa-2q4g-w47c-4674

Vulnerability from github

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