CVE-2017-5590

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5590
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-5590.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-5590
Published
2017-02-09T20:59:00.200Z
Modified
2025-12-07T09:46:50.418226Z
Severity
  • 5.9 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
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 ChatSecure (3.2.0 - 4.0.0; only iOS) and Zom (all versions up to 1.0.11; only iOS).

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/chatsecure/chatsecure-ios

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/chatsecure/chatsecure-ios
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
a340b4bb519227d89f85f2716a10a197a65d4856

Affected versions

v1.*

v1.0.2
v1.1
v1.2
v1.3
v1.4
v1.5
v1.5.1
v1.5.2

v2.*

v2.0
v2.0.1
v2.1
v2.1.1
v2.1.2
v2.2
v2.2.1
v2.2.2
v2.2.3
v2.2.4

v3.*

v3.0
v3.1
v3.1.1
v3.1.2
v3.2
v3.2.1
v3.2.2
v3.2.3

v4.*

v4.0

Database specific

vanir_signatures

[
    {
        "signature_type": "Line",
        "target": {
            "file": "ChatSecure/Classes/Controllers/XMPP/OTRXMPPMessageYapStroage.h"
        },
        "deprecated": false,
        "source": "https://github.com/chatsecure/chatsecure-ios/commit/a340b4bb519227d89f85f2716a10a197a65d4856",
        "id": "CVE-2017-5590-938e6ade",
        "digest": {
            "threshold": 0.9,
            "line_hashes": [
                "209646930666600076338162883704913539223",
                "273743801690347581989655561691106847040",
                "180914673249055266491887896319264413105",
                "131330495340382908432222828795181426082"
            ]
        },
        "signature_version": "v1"
    }
]

Git / github.com/zom/zom-ios-xmpp

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/zom/zom-ios-xmpp
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
880051eaa8ba32d1b257c87a7d8798a93561bfd3

Affected versions

1.*

1.0.3-28-cure53