CVE-2022-47933 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Brave Browser versions prior to 1.42.51. This flaw allows a remote attacker to crash the browser by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted HTML file that references the IPFS scheme, leading to an uncaught exception. With a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) but can be exploited remotely (AV:N) with low attack complexity (AC:L), resulting in high availability impact (A:H). There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.42.51CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:brave:brave:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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