Electron: v8.5.3 Release

Release date:
October 29, 2020
Previous version:
v8.5.2 (released September 15, 2020)
Magnitude:
201 Diff Delta
Contributors:
9 total committers
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Release Notes Published

Release Notes for v8.5.3

Fixes

  • Fixed ready-to-show event not emitted on some machines. #26140 <span style="font-size:small;">(Also in 8, 10, 11)</span>
  • Fixed an issue that could cause a normally-exiting process to fail with an "illegal access" message and exit code 7. #25501 <span style="font-size:small;">(Also in 8, 9, 10, 11)</span>
  • Fixed loading shared worker scripts over custom protocol
    • fix crash when loading worker scripts with nodeIntegration enabled. #26142 <span style="font-size:small;">(Also in 8, 9, 10)</span>
  • Fixed maximized frameless window bleeding to other monitors. #25979 <span style="font-size:small;">(Also in 8, 9, 10, 11)</span>
  • Fixed memory leak on macOS when using dialog.showMessageBox API. #26100 <span style="font-size:small;">(Also in 8, 9, 10, 11)</span>
  • Protocol response streams are now destroyed if the request is aborted. #26141 <span style="font-size:small;">(Also in 8, 9, 10)</span>
  • Updated Node root certs to use NSS 3.56. #25363 <span style="font-size:small;">(Also in 8, 9, 10, 11)</span>
  • Updated to Chrome 80.0.3987.163. #25499

    Other Changes

  • Backported fix for CVE-2020-15999. #26068

  • Backported the fix to CVE-2020-15969: Use after free in WebRTC. #25855

  • Improved performance of takeHeapSnapshot(). #26227

  • Security: backported fix for 1100136. #25659

  • Security: backported fix for 1106612. #25657

  • Security: backported fix for 1111149. #25637

  • Security: backported fix for 1113558. #25860

  • Security: backported fix for 1121836. #25642

  • Security: backported fix for 1126249. #25646

  • Security: backported fix for 1128657. #26198

  • Security: backported fix for 1135018. #26195

  • Security: backported fix for 1135857. #26192

  • Security: backported fix for chromium:1117258. #26201

  • Security: backported fix for chromium:1132111. #26208

  • Security: backported fix for chromium:1137630. #26214

  • Security: backported the fix to a heap-use-after-free in content::WebContentsImpl::SetNotWaitingForResponse. #25897