CVE-2017-5590

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=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
2026-04-11T03:11:41.379799Z
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
Last affected
7407706221cb40cbd6c159383f84fe1c89acf9ba
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
4b525941dc0eda4f3a1b9ad90a0c1273f420a76e
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
5b8daea94239a1bc45e3f62529e737f213fdff42
Fixed
a340b4bb519227d89f85f2716a10a197a65d4856
Database specific 
{
    "versions": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "3.2.1"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "3.2.2"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "3.2.3"
        }
    ]
}
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
v1.*
v1.0.2
v1.1
v1.2
v1.3
v1.4
v1.5
v1.5.1
v2.*
v2.0
v2.0.1
v2.1
v2.2
v2.2.1
v3.*
v3.2
v3.2.1
v3.2.2
v3.2.3
v4.*
v4.0

Database specific

unresolved_ranges 
[
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "3.2.0"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "4.0.0"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "1.0.11"
            }
        ]
    }
]
vanir_signatures 
[
    {
        "id": "CVE-2017-5590-938e6ade",
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "source": "https://github.com/chatsecure/chatsecure-ios/commit/a340b4bb519227d89f85f2716a10a197a65d4856",
        "signature_type": "Line",
        "target": {
            "file": "ChatSecure/Classes/Controllers/XMPP/OTRXMPPMessageYapStroage.h"
        },
        "digest": {
            "threshold": 0.9,
            "line_hashes": [
                "209646930666600076338162883704913539223",
                "273743801690347581989655561691106847040",
                "180914673249055266491887896319264413105",
                "131330495340382908432222828795181426082"
            ]
        },
        "deprecated": false
    }
]
vanir_signatures_modified 
"2026-04-11T03:11:41Z"
source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-5590.json"