Vulnerabilities > CVE-2017-18256 - Unspecified vulnerability in Brave Browser
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
HIGH Summary
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.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 |
Exploit-Db
| description | Brave Browser < 0.13.0 - 'long alert() argument' Denial of Service. CVE-2017-18256. Local exploit for Windows platform |
| file | exploits/windows/dos/44474.txt |
| id | EDB-ID:44474 |
| last seen | 2018-05-24 |
| modified | 2018-04-17 |
| platform | windows |
| port | |
| published | 2018-04-17 |
| reporter | Exploit-DB |
| source | https://www.exploit-db.com/download/44474/ |
| title | Brave Browser < 0.13.0 - 'long alert() argument' Denial of Service |
| type | dos |
Packetstorm
| data source | https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/download/147187/bravebrowserlong-dos.txt |
| id | PACKETSTORM:147187 |
| last seen | 2018-04-18 |
| published | 2018-04-17 |
| reporter | Sahil Tikoo |
| source | https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/147187/Brave-Browser-Long-Argument-Denial-Of-Service.html |
| title | Brave Browser Long Argument Denial Of Service |