CVE-2017-5590: n/a vulnerability

CVE-2017-5590: An incorrect implementation of "XEP-0280: Message Carbons" in multiple XMPP clients allows a remote attacke...

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).

UnknownCVSS not scoredNot KEV-listedUpdatedAug 5, 2024, 15:04 UTC (UTC+00:00)

Security readout for executives and security teams

This issue affects legacy iOS XMPP chat clients and can make a message appear to come from someone else. The main business risk is trust abuse: users may act on fraudulent messages that appear to come from contacts. The provided sources do not show active exploitation or a CVSS score. Exposure is limited to organizations or users still running the affected iOS versions of ChatSecure or Zom. The bundle does not identify server-side exposure, Android exposure, or other products for this CVE. Treat this as a targeted trust and fraud risk, not an infrastructure emergency. Prioritize if legacy secure messaging clients are still used for approvals, incident response, finance, legal, or executive communications. Mitigation focus: Identify any managed or supported iOS devices using ChatSecure or Zom.; Upgrade affected clients to vendor-supported, non-affected versions where available.; Review the linked vendor commits and release guidance before approving remediation..

Prepared: Jun 13, 2026, 06:20 UTC (UTC+00:00)

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Severity: Unknown
CVSS: Not scored
Known Exploited: No
Published: Feb 9, 2017, 20:00 UTC (UTC+00:00)

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https://github.com/zom/Zom-iOS/commit/880051eaa8ba32d1b257c87a7d8798a93561bfd3CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
https://rt-solutions.de/en/2017/02/CVE-2017-5589_xmpp_carbons/CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
https://rt-solutions.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/CVE-2017-5589_xmpp_carbons.pdfCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/ChatSecure/ChatSecure-iOS/commit/a340b4bb519227d89f85f2716a10a197a65d4856CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC

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