CVE-2022-47933

MEDIUM

Brave < 1.42.51 - Denial of Service via IPFS Scheme Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/23646
Issue Tracking, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/24378
Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
https://hackerone.com/reports/1610343

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0082
EPSS Percentile 52.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-755
Status published
Products (1)
brave/brave < 1.42.51
Published Dec 24, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026