PT-2018-6781 · Brave · Brave Browser

Sahil Tikoo · Published 2018-04-04 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2017-18256

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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 remote attackers to cause a denial of service due to resource consumption. This occurs when a long argument is passed to the alert() function in JavaScript code, which is mishandled by the browser, specifically in how it handles window dialogs.

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

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-18256

Affected Products

Brave Browser

References · 4

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/44474 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://hackerone.com/reports/176066 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18256 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-18256 · Vendor Advisory