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7.5high

CVE-2016-10718in critical feed1 exploit

Brave Browser before 0.13.0 allows a tab to close itself even if the tab was not opened by a script, resulting in denial of service.

Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.5
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
12.2%
percentile 96%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Brave Browser before 0.13.0 allows a tab to close itself even if the tab was not opened by a script, resulting in denial of service.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

12.22% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-44475 Brave Browser < 0.13.0 - 'window.close(self)' Denial of Service · dos · 2018-04-17

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.07.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD2.05.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

  • exploit-db.com /exploits/44475/ · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB, x_transferred
  • github.com /brave/browser-laptop/issues/5007 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • hackerone.com /reports/176197 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • github.com /brave/browser-laptop/issues/5006 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred

Sources

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