CVE-2017-5592: An incorrect implementation of "XEP-0280: Message Carbons" in multiple XMPP clients allows a remote attacker to impersonate any user, including contacts, in…

PriorityP426medium5.9CVSS 3.1

AVNACHPRNUINSUCNIHAN

EPSS

0.84%

53.2th percentile

An incorrect implementation of "XEP-0280: Message Carbons" in multiple XMPP clients allows a remote attacker to impersonate any user, including contacts, in the vulnerable application's display. This allows for various kinds of social engineering attacks. This CVE is for profanity (0.4.7 - 0.5.0).

Affected

7 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	profanity	< profanity 0.5.1-1 (bookworm)	profanity 0.5.1-1 (bookworm)
profanity_project	profanity	—	—
profanity_project	profanity	—	—
profanity_project	profanity	>= 0 < 0.5.1-1	0.5.1-1
profanity_project	profanity	>= 0 < 0.5.1-1	0.5.1-1
profanity_project	profanity	>= 0 < 0.5.1-1	0.5.1-1
profanity_project	profanity	>= 0 < 0.5.1-1	0.5.1-1

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.9MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

osv5.9MEDIUM

vendor_debian5.9MEDIUM

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