What is CVE-2018-10799?

CVE-2018-10799 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Brave, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-05-08.

How severe is CVE-2018-10799?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Brave

CVE-2018-10799

A hang issue was discovered in Brave before 0.14.0 (on, for example, Linux). This vulnerability is caused by the mishandling of a long URL formed by window.location+='?\u202a\uFEFF\u202b'; concatenation in a SCRIPT element.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

EPSS: 0.008 (53.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Brave
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-10799?: CVE-2018-10799 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Brave, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-05-08.
How severe is CVE-2018-10799?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.