Electron: v8.3.1 Release

Release date:
June 1, 2020
Previous version:
v8.3.0 (released May 15, 2020)
Magnitude:
64 Diff Delta
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7 total committers
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Release Notes Published

Release Notes for v8.3.1

Fixes

  • Backported the fix for CVE-2020-6467: UAF in WebRTC. #23788
  • Don't ignore the referrer header in net.request. #23688
  • Fixed process.windowsStore returning undefined in AppX packages. #23799
  • Fixed an issue where the 'about' role had on effect on Windows menus. #23714
  • Fixed an occasional menu crash on macOS Catalina when menu is closing. #23807

Other Changes

  • Backported fix for CVE-2020-6468: OOB read/write in V8. #23747
  • Fixed issues where objects sent over the context bridge could be freed prematurely resulting in crashes when accessing them. #23612
  • Improved error logging on moveItemToTrash failures on macOS. #23629