CVE-2017-5592

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5592
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-5592.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-5592
Downstream
Published
2017-02-09T20:59:00.293Z
Modified
2026-04-11T04:59:42.171349Z
Severity
  • 5.9 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/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 profanity (0.4.7 - 0.5.0).

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/profanity-im/profanity

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/profanity-im/profanity
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
60acf6f05be8f121b0d06b65cea484fd30ac7925
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
4c049fb347b30841179cc10ec4204200fcd603dc
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
662f9911961eccf52c51e7e1c2fc7a925ab335be
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
b5233064ccd10019b5aca93ae4cc2f883e206c70
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
4c049fb347b30841179cc10ec4204200fcd603dc
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
6d274ba846caea15be4f9089235a72000f59a5eb
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
ea9216f05484e7935f7d1772c2788f44fdf52eb7
Fixed
8e75437a7e43d4c55e861691f74892e666e29b0b
Database specific 
{
    "versions": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "0.4.7-NA"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "0.4.7-cyg1"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "0.4.7-cyg2"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "0.4.7-cyg3"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "0.4.7-patch1"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "0.5.0-NA"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "0.5.0-rc1"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

0.*
0.1.10
0.1.7
0.1.8
0.2.0
0.3.0
0.3.0.rc1
0.3.0.rc2
0.3.0.rc3
0.4.0
0.4.0.rc1
0.4.0.rc2
0.4.1
0.4.1.rc1
0.4.1.rc2
0.4.2
0.4.3
0.4.3.rc1
0.4.3.rc2
0.4.3.rc3
0.4.4
0.4.5
0.4.5.rc1
0.4.6.rc1
0.4.7
0.4.7.cyg1
0.4.7.cyg2
0.4.7.cyg3
0.4.7.patch1
0.4.7.rc1
0.4.7.rc2
0.5.0
0.5.0.rc1

Database specific

vanir_signatures 
[
    {
        "id": "CVE-2017-5592-605a0cf6",
        "target": {
            "file": "tests/functionaltests/test_carbons.c"
        },
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "source": "https://github.com/profanity-im/profanity/commit/8e75437a7e43d4c55e861691f74892e666e29b0b",
        "signature_type": "Line",
        "digest": {
            "line_hashes": [
                "43674570987415379562834289238571991228",
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                "199915616696410343235400945864382345600",
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            ],
            "threshold": 0.9
        },
        "deprecated": false
    },
    {
        "id": "CVE-2017-5592-838b1a83",
        "target": {
            "file": "src/xmpp/message.c"
        },
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "source": "https://github.com/profanity-im/profanity/commit/8e75437a7e43d4c55e861691f74892e666e29b0b",
        "signature_type": "Line",
        "digest": {
            "line_hashes": [
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                "147937880059459280781124999408304611935",
                "98013001733306130113818985562635411688",
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                "274643813655947615398101824109268710667",
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                "9590343397176827005811879247126636121"
            ],
            "threshold": 0.9
        },
        "deprecated": false
    },
    {
        "id": "CVE-2017-5592-8d394e89",
        "target": {
            "function": "receive_carbon",
            "file": "tests/functionaltests/test_carbons.c"
        },
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "source": "https://github.com/profanity-im/profanity/commit/8e75437a7e43d4c55e861691f74892e666e29b0b",
        "signature_type": "Function",
        "digest": {
            "function_hash": "44724400157544853113936891218358527427",
            "length": 1119.0
        },
        "deprecated": false
    }
]
source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-5592.json"
vanir_signatures_modified 
"2026-04-11T04:59:42Z"