CVE-2016-9901

CRITICAL

Redhat Enterprise Linux Aus < 45.6.0 - Improper Input Validation

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

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.

References (8)

Core 8
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-94/
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-95/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94885
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037461
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2973.html
Issue Tracking, Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1320057
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2946.html

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0203
EPSS Percentile 84.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (15)
mozilla/firefox < 45.6.0
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
... and 5 more
Published Jun 11, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026