CVE-2018-10798 Denial of service in n/a
An attacker can cause the Brave browser to hang by triggering continuous page reloads via JavaScript, leading to a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-10798?
CVE-2018-10798 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 7 May 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
A hang issue was discovered in Brave before 0.14.0 (on, for example, Linux). The vulnerability is caused by mishandling of JavaScript code that triggers the reload of a page continuously with an interval of 1 second.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-10798?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Brave Brave.
How do I fix CVE-2018-10798?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-10798 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2018-10798 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-10798 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w9q3-wr5c-m68f.