CVE-2016-9901

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    CVE-2016-9901

    Published: 11 Jun 2018Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15, https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-94/, https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-95/, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2946.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2973.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94885, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037461, https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1320057

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    Events:

    Introduced- None
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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Low
    High
    Availability
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    Low
    High