CVE catalog
CVE-2017-5592
profanity: CVE-2017-5592
- Severity
- Medium
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.84% · Oct 25, 2026
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).
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 | profanity | sid | 0.19.0-1 | fixed |
| Debian | profanity | forky | 0.19.0-1 | fixed |
| Debian | profanity | trixie | 0.15.0-1 | fixed |
| Debian | profanity | bookworm | 0.13.1-2 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | profanity | 16.04 | 0.4.6-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | profanity | 16.04 | 0.4.7-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | profanity | 16.04 | 0.4.7-1build1 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | profanity | source | sid | 0.5.1-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [854735] |
| Debian | profanity | source | forky | 0.5.1-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [854735] |
| Debian | profanity | source | trixie | 0.5.1-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [854735] |
| Debian | profanity | source | bookworm | 0.5.1-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [854735] |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [profanity]Fixed
Details (4)
0.13.1-2· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
0.5.1-1dsa · profanity · debian · bookworm; dsa · profanity · debian · 12
0.13.1-2· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
0.5.1-1dsa · profanity · debian · bookworm; dsa · profanity · debian · 12
0.15.0-1~bpo12+1· amd64 · bookworm-backportsFixed · Fixed:
0.5.1-1dsa · profanity · debian · bookworm; dsa · profanity · debian · 12
0.15.0-1~bpo12+1· arm64 · bookworm-backportsFixed · Fixed:
0.5.1-1dsa · profanity · debian · bookworm; dsa · profanity · debian · 12
- [profanity-light]Fixed
Source package: [profanity]
Details (4)
0.13.1-2· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
0.5.1-1dsa · profanity · debian · bookworm; dsa · profanity · debian · 12
0.13.1-2· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
0.5.1-1dsa · profanity · debian · bookworm; dsa · profanity · debian · 12
0.15.0-1~bpo12+1· amd64 · bookworm-backportsFixed · Fixed:
0.5.1-1dsa · profanity · debian · bookworm; dsa · profanity · debian · 12
0.15.0-1~bpo12+1· arm64 · bookworm-backportsFixed · Fixed:
0.5.1-1dsa · profanity · debian · bookworm; dsa · profanity · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [profanity]Fixed
Details (4)
0.15.0-1· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
0.5.1-1dsa · profanity · debian · 13
0.15.0-1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
0.5.1-1dsa · profanity · debian · 13
0.18.2-1~bpo13+1· amd64 · trixie-backportsFixed · Fixed:
0.5.1-1dsa · profanity · debian · 13
0.18.2-1~bpo13+1· arm64 · trixie-backportsFixed · Fixed:
0.5.1-1dsa · profanity · debian · 13
- [profanity-light]Fixed
Source package: [profanity]
Details (4)
0.15.0-1· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
0.5.1-1dsa · profanity · debian · 13
0.15.0-1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
0.5.1-1dsa · profanity · debian · 13
0.18.2-1~bpo13+1· amd64 · trixie-backportsFixed · Fixed:
0.5.1-1dsa · profanity · debian · 13
0.18.2-1~bpo13+1· arm64 · trixie-backportsFixed · Fixed:
0.5.1-1dsa · profanity · debian · 13
Observed: