CVE-2016-9910 (GCVE-0-2016-9910)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-02-22 16:00
Modified
2024-08-06 03:07
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
The serializer in html5lib before 0.99999999 might allow remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks by leveraging mishandling of special characters in attribute values, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-9909.
References
secalert@redhat.com http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/06/5 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.com http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/08/8 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95132 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.com https://github.com/html5lib/html5lib-python/commit/9b8d8eb5afbc066b7fac9390f5ec75e5e8a7cab7 Patch
secalert@redhat.com https://github.com/html5lib/html5lib-python/issues/11 Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.com https://github.com/html5lib/html5lib-python/issues/12 Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.com https://html5lib.readthedocs.io/en/latest/changes.html#b9 Release Notes
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/06/5 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/08/8 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95132 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://github.com/html5lib/html5lib-python/commit/9b8d8eb5afbc066b7fac9390f5ec75e5e8a7cab7 Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://github.com/html5lib/html5lib-python/issues/11 Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://github.com/html5lib/html5lib-python/issues/12 Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://html5lib.readthedocs.io/en/latest/changes.html#b9 Release Notes
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