CVE-2016-9901
N/A
Published: June 11, 2018 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:56 AM UTC
7 products affected across 2 vendorsFirefoxEnterprise Linux DesktopEnterprise Linux Server
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 45.6.0v < 50.1
Affected range stops below 50.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
95%
Enterprise Linux Server· Red Hatrubygems
95%v < 45.6
Affected range stops below 45.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 45.6.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (8)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2946.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2973.htmlVDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94885VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037461x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1320057Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-94/x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-95/Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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