CVE-2016-10718
Brave Browser before 0.13.0 allows a tab to close itself even if the tab was not opened by a script, resulting in denial of service.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 12.2%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Brave Browser before 0.13.0 allows a tab to close itself even if the tab was not opened by a script, resulting in denial of service.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 12.22% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 17 April 2018
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- brave/brave browser
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 9.7% on 21 September 2026 to 12.2% on 4 November 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop/issues/5006Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop/issues/5007Third Party Advisory
- https://hackerone.com/reports/176197Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44475/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop/issues/5006Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop/issues/5007Third Party Advisory
- https://hackerone.com/reports/176197Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44475/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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