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FKIE_CVE-2016-9901

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-06-11 21:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:56
Severity
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
HTML tags received from the Pocket server will be processed without sanitization and any JavaScript code executed will be run in the "about:pocket-saved" (unprivileged) page, giving it access to Pocket's messaging API through HTML injection. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 45.6 and Firefox < 50.1.
References
security@mozilla.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2946.htmlThird Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2973.htmlThird Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94885Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@mozilla.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037461Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1320057Issue Tracking, Patch
security@mozilla.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-94/Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-95/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2946.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2973.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94885Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037461Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1320057Issue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-94/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-95/Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
redhat enterprise_linux_aus 7.3
redhat enterprise_linux_aus 7.4
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 5.0
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 6.0
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 7.0
redhat enterprise_linux_eus 7.3
redhat enterprise_linux_eus 7.4
redhat enterprise_linux_eus 7.5
redhat enterprise_linux_server 5.0
redhat enterprise_linux_server 6.0
redhat enterprise_linux_server 7.0
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 5.0
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 6.0
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 7.0
mozilla firefox *
mozilla firefox *
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