{"id":"CVE-2016-10718","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-10718","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T04:03:24.558Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2018-04-04T02:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:40:14.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["brave/brave browser"],"epss":{"score":0.12219,"percentile":0.96184,"date":"2026-11-04","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.09744,"percentile":0.9537},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.12219,"percentile":0.95983}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2018-04-17","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":44475,"kind":"exploit","title":"Brave Browser < 0.13.0 - 'window.close(self)' Denial of Service","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44475","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/dos/44475.txt","file":"exploits/windows/dos/44475.txt","published":"2018-04-17","added":"2018-04-17","updated":"2018-04-17","author":"Sahil Tikoo","type":"dos","platform":"windows","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2016-10718"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"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."},"changes":[{"kind":"epss","label":"EPSS jump","at":"2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","detail":{"to":0.12219,"from":0.09744,"percentile":0.95983},"summary":"EPSS moved from 9.7% to 12.2% probability of exploitation in the next thirty days."}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop/issues/5006","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop/issues/5007","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://hackerone.com/reports/176197","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44475/","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop/issues/5006","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop/issues/5007","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://hackerone.com/reports/176197","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44475/","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10718","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}