CVE-2018-10798
A hang issue was discovered in Brave before 0.14.0 (on, for example, Linux). The vulnerability is...
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.
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
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2018-10798- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2018-10798- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-2867 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2018-2867- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-w9q3-wr5c-m68f
A hang issue was discovered in Brave before 0.14.0 (on, for example, Linux). The vulnerability is...
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.
- Record
GHSA-w9q3-wr5c-m68f- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- 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-2018-10798 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Brave, published May 7, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.79%, the 56th percentile. No source names a fixed version.