critical
CVE-2016-9901
Mozilla: Data from Pocket server improperly sanitized before execution (MFSA 2016-94, MFSA 2016-95)
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.
Severity by source
NVD9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by Oracle (high), Red Hat (medium), Ubuntu (medium).
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 packages and fixed versions
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| alpine 3.4 | firefox-esr | 45.6.0 |
| debian 11 | firefox-esr | 45.6.0esr-1 |
| debian 12 | firefox-esr | 45.6.0esr-1 |
| debian 13 | firefox-esr | 45.6.0esr-1 |
| debian 14 | firefox-esr | 45.6.0esr-1 |
| debian 7 | firefox-esr | 45.6.0esr-1~deb7u1 |
| debian 8 | firefox-esr | 45.6.0esr-1~deb8u1 |
| echo | firefox-esr | 45.6.0esr-1 |
| Oracle Linux 5 | firefox, thunderbird | 45.6.0-1.0.1.el5_11 |
| Oracle Linux 6 | firefox, thunderbird | 45.6.0-1.0.1.el6_8 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | firefox, thunderbird | 45.6.0-1.0.1.el7_3 |
| ubuntu 12.04 | firefox | 50.1.0+build2-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 |
Show all 18 entries from 15 sources
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| alpine 3.4 | firefox-esr | 45.6.0 |
| debian 11 | firefox-esr | 45.6.0esr-1 |
| debian 12 | firefox-esr | 45.6.0esr-1 |
| debian 13 | firefox-esr | 45.6.0esr-1 |
| debian 14 | firefox-esr | 45.6.0esr-1 |
| debian 7 | firefox-esr | 45.6.0esr-1~deb7u1 |
| debian 8 | firefox-esr | 45.6.0esr-1~deb8u1 |
| echo | firefox-esr | 45.6.0esr-1 |
| Oracle Linux 5 | firefox | 45.6.0-1.0.1.el5_11 |
| Oracle Linux 5 | thunderbird | 45.6.0-1.0.1.el5_11 |
| Oracle Linux 6 | firefox | 45.6.0-1.0.1.el6_8 |
| Oracle Linux 6 | thunderbird | 45.6.0-1.0.1.el6_8 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | firefox | 45.6.0-1.0.1.el7_3 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | thunderbird | 45.6.0-1.0.1.el7_3 |
| ubuntu 12.04 | firefox | 50.1.0+build2-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 |
| ubuntu 14.04 | firefox | 50.1.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
| ubuntu 16.04 | firefox | 50.1.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 |
| ubuntu 16.10 | firefox | 50.1.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.10.1 |
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://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9901
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1320057
- https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2016-9901.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2016-2973.html
All 16 references
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9901
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3155-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9901
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-94/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-94/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-95/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-95/#CVE-2016-9901