Brave Browser up to 1.43.33 ipfs Scheme denial of service

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Brave Browser up to 1.43.33 and classified as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component ipfs Scheme Handler. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-47932. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Brave Browser up to 1.43.33 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component ipfs Scheme Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Brave Browser before 1.43.34 allowed a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted HTML file that mentions an ipfs:// or ipns:// URL. This vulnerability is caused by an incomplete fix for CVE-2022-47933.

The weakness was released 12/25/2022 as 24093. It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2022-47932 since 12/23/2022. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 1.43.34 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch e73309665508c17e48a67e302d3ab02a38d3ef50 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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Vendor

• Brave

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• Browser

Version

• 1.43.0
• 1.43.1
• 1.43.2
• 1.43.3
• 1.43.4
• 1.43.5
• 1.43.6
• 1.43.7
• 1.43.8
• 1.43.9
• 1.43.10
• 1.43.11
• 1.43.12
• 1.43.13
• 1.43.14
• 1.43.15
• 1.43.16
• 1.43.17
• 1.43.18
• 1.43.19
• 1.43.20
• 1.43.21
• 1.43.22
• 1.43.23
• 1.43.24
• 1.43.25
• 1.43.26
• 1.43.27
• 1.43.28
• 1.43.29
• 1.43.30
• 1.43.31
• 1.43.32
• 1.43.33

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• open-source

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