{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5592","details":"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).","modified":"2025-10-24T04:46:09Z","published":"2017-02-09T20:59:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2017-5592"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5592"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/09/29"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/boothj5/profanity/commit/8e75437a7e43d4c55e861691f74892e666e29b0b"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://rt-solutions.de/en/2017/02/CVE-2017-5589_xmpp_carbons/"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://rt-solutions.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/CVE-2017-5589_xmpp_carbons.pdf"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5592"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"profanity","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/profanity@0.4.7-1build1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["0.4.6-1","0.4.7-1","0.4.7-1build1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"profanity","binary_version":"0.4.7-1build1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5592.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}