# CVE-2016-9902: The Pocket toolbar button, once activated, listens for events fired from it's own pages but does not verify the origin of incoming events.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 45.6, 50.1
- Published: 2018-06-11 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- Mozilla Firefox ESR: fixed in 45.6
- Mozilla Firefox: fixed in 50.1

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Mozilla Firefox ESR, Mozilla Firefox, upgrade to a fixed version (45.6, 50.1) per the references below.
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## References

- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-94/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-95/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1320039
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94885
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037461
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2973.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2946.html

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