Profanity Project: >> Profanity Security Vulnerabilities
profanity through 1.60 has only four billion possible RNG initializations. Thus, attackers can recover private keys from Ethereum vanity addresses and steal cryptocurrency, as exploited in the wild in June 2022.
CVSS Score
7.5
EPSS Score
0.014
Published
2022-09-18
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).
CVSS Score
5.9
EPSS Score
0.004
Published
2017-02-09