CVE-2017-5590

Medium

Description

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).

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.9
Exploit probability—
ProductChatsecure
PublishedFeb 9, 2017
First seenFeb 9, 2017

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
chatsecure chatsecure3.2.0, 3.2.1, 3.2.2, 3.2.3, 4.0.0—
zom zomv ≤ 1.0.11—

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