CVE-2016-10718 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Brave Browser versions prior to 0.13.0, where a malicious tab could self-close regardless of its origin, disrupting user experience. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.5 (HIGH), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to high availability impact. While not observed in active exploitation and not on the KEV catalog, public exploit code exists via ExploitDB (EDB-44475), though it has garnered minimal community discussion or media attention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 0.13.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:brave:brave_browser:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.