CVE-2017-18256

MediumCVSS 6.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 6.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://hackerone.com/reports/176066Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44474/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://hackerone.com/reports/176066Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44474/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Timeline

Published: Apr 4, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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