CVE-2017-1000461
Brave Software's Brave Browser, version 0.19.73 (and earlier) is vulnerable to an incorrect...
Brave Software's Brave Browser, version 0.19.73 (and earlier) is vulnerable to an incorrect access control issue in the "JS fingerprinting blocking" component, resulting in a malicious website being able to access the fingerprinting-associated browser functionality (that the browser intends to block).
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Brave Software's Brave Browser, version 0.19.73 (and earlier) is vulnerable to an incorrect access control issue in the "JS fingerprinting blocking" component, resulting in a malicious website being able to access the fingerprinting-associated browser functionality (that the browser intends to block).
- Record
CVE-2017-1000461- CVSS 3.0
- 4.7 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-732
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Brave Software's Brave Browser, version 0.19.73 (and earlier) is vulnerable to an incorrect access control issue in the "JS fingerprinting blocking" component, resulting in a malicious website being able to access the fingerprinting-associated browser functionality (that the browser intends to block).
- Record
CVE-2017-1000461- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-1588 No score
Brave Software's Brave Browser, version 0.19.73 (and earlier) is vulnerable to an incorrect access control issue in the "JS fingerprinting blocking" component, resulting in a malicious website being able to access the fingerprinting-associated browser functionality (that the browser intends to block).
- Record
EUVD-2017-1588- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9gpg-9xjm-wxgh
Brave Software's Brave Browser, version 0.19.73 (and earlier) is vulnerable to an incorrect...
Brave Software's Brave Browser, version 0.19.73 (and earlier) is vulnerable to an incorrect access control issue in the "JS fingerprinting blocking" component, resulting in a malicious website being able to access the fingerprinting-associated browser functionality (that the browser intends to block).
- Record
GHSA-9gpg-9xjm-wxgh- CVSS 3.0
- 4.7 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-732
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-1000461 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.7) in Brave Browser, published January 3, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.01%, the 63rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.