CVE-2022-47932

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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.

Published: 2022-12-24 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2022-47932 is rated High Exploit Risk (62.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.05%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2022-47932

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-47932

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.76% 1.05% +0.29%
2 2026-01-06 0.99% 0.76% -0.23%
3 2025-12-27 0.99%

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-47932

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
2.8 3.6 [email protected]
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
2.8 3.6 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-47932

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-47932

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
brave brave < 1.42.51 cpe:2.3:a:brave:brave:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-47932

URL Tags
https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/24093 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/brave/brave-core/commit/e73309665508c17e48a67e302d3ab02a38d3ef50 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/brave/brave-core/pull/14211 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://hackerone.com/reports/1636430 Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
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