What is CVE-2017-8459?

CVE-2017-8459 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Brave. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2017-05-03.

How severe is CVE-2017-8459?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Brave

CVE-2017-8459

Brave 0.12.4 has a Status Bar Obfuscation issue in which a redirection target is shown in a possibly unexpected way. NOTE: third parties dispute this issue because it is a behavior that might have legitimate applications in (for example) the display of web-search results

EPSS: 0.007 (47.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Brave — versions 0.12.4
N/a — versions n/a

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-8459?: CVE-2017-8459 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Brave. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2017-05-03.
How severe is CVE-2017-8459?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.