CVE-2016-9910 (GCVE-0-2016-9910)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-02-22 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 03:07
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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.
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2016-12-06 00:00
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      "initial_release_date": "2023-02-15T04:54:47Z",
      "source": "SUSE CSAF VEX",
      "status": "interim",
      "title": "SUSE CVE CVE-2016-9910",
      "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf-vex/cve-2016-9910.json",
      "version": "4"
    }
  }
}



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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

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