CVE-2017-18256: Brave Browser before 0.13.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a long alert() argument in JavaScript code, because…

PriorityP335medium6.5CVSS 3.0

AVNACLPRNUIRSUCNINAH

EXPLOIT

EPSS

5.11%

91.3th percentile

Brave Browser before 0.13.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a long alert() argument in JavaScript code, because window dialogs are mishandled.

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
brave	brave_browser	< 0.13.0	0.13.0

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.06.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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