CVE-2016-9902

7.5 HIGH
Published: June 11, 2018 Modified: November 25, 2025

Description

The Pocket toolbar button, once activated, listens for events fired from it's own pages but does not verify the origin of incoming events. This allows content from other origins to fire events and inject content and commands into the Pocket context. Note: this issue does not affect users with e10s enabled. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 45.6 and Firefox < 50.1.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2946.html
Source: security@mozilla.org
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2973.html
Source: security@mozilla.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94885
Source: security@mozilla.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037461
Source: security@mozilla.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1320039
Source: security@mozilla.org
Exploit Issue Tracking Patch
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
Source: security@mozilla.org
Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-94/
Source: security@mozilla.org
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-95/
Source: security@mozilla.org
Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2946.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2973.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94885
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037461
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1320039
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Issue Tracking Patch
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-94/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-95/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory

16 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
7.5 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.4%
61th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

mozilla redhat