Vulnerability in Brave Browser Due to URL Concatenation Issues
CVE-2018-10799

6.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Brave

Status
Brave
Vendor
CVE Published:
8 May 2018

What is CVE-2018-10799?

A vulnerability in previous versions of Brave Browser, specifically before version 0.14.0, allows for a hang issue triggered by improperly handling long URLs. This flaw occurs when an erroneous concatenation involving window.location is executed in a SCRIPT element, potentially degrading user experience through unresponsive behavior.

References

https://hackerone.com/reports/181558
x_refsource_MISC

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability Reserved

  • Vulnerability published

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