Vulnerability CVE-2016-9901
Published: 2018-06-11

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.

Type:

CWE-20

 (Improper Input Validation)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Redhat -> Enterprise linux aus 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux desktop 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux eus 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux server 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux workstation 
Mozilla -> Firefox 
Mozilla -> Firefox esr 

 References:
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
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-94/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-95/
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