CVE-2016-9901

CVE Details

Release Date:	2018-06-11
Impact:	None	What is this?

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.

See more information about CVE-2016-9901 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v3 metrics

Base Score:	9.8
Vector String:	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Version:	3.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Low
Privileges Required:	None
User Interaction:	None
Scope:	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact:	High
Integrity Impact:	High
Availability Impact:	High

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (firefox)	ELSA-2016-2946	2016-12-14
Oracle Linux version 5 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2016-2973	2016-12-21
Oracle Linux version 6 (firefox)	ELSA-2016-2946	2016-12-14
Oracle Linux version 6 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2016-2973	2016-12-21
Oracle Linux version 7 (firefox)	ELSA-2016-2946	2016-12-14
Oracle Linux version 7 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2016-2973	2016-12-21