CVE catalog
CVE-2016-9928
mcabber: CVE-2016-9928
- Severity
- High · CVSS 7.4
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 4.51% · Oct 25, 2026
MCabber before 1.0.4 is vulnerable to roster push attacks, which allows remote attackers to intercept communications, or add themselves as an entity on a 3rd party's roster as another user, which will also garner associated privileges, via crafted XMPP packets.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | mcabber | sid | 1.1.2-2.1 | fixed |
| Debian | mcabber | trixie | 1.1.2-2 | fixed |
| Debian | mcabber | bookworm | 1.1.2-2 | fixed |
| Opensuse | libqxmpp | tumbleweed | 1.16.1-1.1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | mcabber | 16.04 | 0.10.2-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mcabber | 16.04 | 0.10.2-1build1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mcabber | 16.04 | 0.10.2-1+deb8u1build0.16.04.1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | mcabber | 16.04 | 0.10.2-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mcabber | 16.04 | 0.10.2-1build1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mcabber | 16.04 | 0.10.2-1+deb8u1build0.16.04.1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | mcabber | source | sid | 0.10.2-1.1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [845258] |
| Debian | mcabber | source | trixie | 0.10.2-1.1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [845258] |
| Debian | mcabber | source | bookworm | 0.10.2-1.1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [845258] |
| Opensuse | libqxmpp | rpm | tumbleweed | 1.16.1-1.1 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2026:11142-1 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | mcabber | deb | 16.04 | 0.10.2-1+deb8u1build0.16.04.1 | Not reported | USN-4506-1 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | mcabber | deb | 16.04 | 0.10.2-1+deb8u1build0.16.04.1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9928 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[openSUSE Tumbleweed]
- [libQXmppQt6-10]Unknown
Source package: [libqxmpp]
Details (1)
1.16.3-1.2· x86_64 · tumbleweedUnknown · Fixed:
1.16.1-1.1Version impact unknown
dsa · libqxmpp · opensuse · tumbleweed
- [libQXmppQt6-devel]Unknown
Source package: [libqxmpp]
Details (1)
1.16.3-1.2· x86_64 · tumbleweedUnknown · Fixed:
1.16.1-1.1Version impact unknown
dsa · libqxmpp · opensuse · tumbleweed
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/opensuse-su-2024_10979-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9928]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-2260-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-724-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9928]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-4506-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2026:11142-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9928]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2016/cve-2016-9928.json]
[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]