CVE-2022-47933

Brave Browser before 1.42.51 allowed a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted...

6.5 Medium

Brave Browser before 1.42.51 allowed a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted HTML file that references the IPFS scheme. This vulnerability is caused by an uncaught exception in the function ipfs::OnBeforeURLRequest_IPFSRedirectWork() in ipfs_redirect_network_delegate_helper.cc.

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

0.86%Down 0.3 points since Dec 25, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.5

Record: CVE-2022-47933
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness: CWE-755
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List 6.5

Record: CVE-2022-47933
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness: CWE-755
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2022-50667 6.5

Record: EUVD-2022-50667
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-pvq5-77h5-rgw5 6.5

Brave Browser before 1.42.51 allowed a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted...

Record: GHSA-pvq5-77h5-rgw5
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness: CWE-755
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV 6.5

Record: CVE-2022-47933
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

brave

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2022-47933 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Brave, published December 24, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.86%, the 58th percentile. No source names a fixed version.