PT-2018-4887 · Brave · Brave Browser

Sahil Tikoo · Published 2018-04-04 · Updated 2018-05-10 · CVE-2016-10718

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Brave Browser versions prior to 0.13.0

Description The issue allows a tab to close itself even if the tab was not opened by a script, resulting in denial of service.

Recommendations For versions prior to 0.13.0, update to version 0.13.0 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-10718

Affected Products

Brave Browser

References · 6

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/44475 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10718 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-10718 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop/issues/5007 · Note
• https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop/issues/5006 · Note
• https://hackerone.com/reports/176197 · Note