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CVE-2014-2741
nio/XMLLightweightParser.java in Ignite Realtime Openfire before 3.9.2 does not properly restrict the processing of compressed XML…
High7.8EPSS 3.8%
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- Updated
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- debian
Description
nio/XMLLightweightParser.java in Ignite Realtime Openfire before 3.9.2 does not properly restrict the processing of compressed XML elements, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a crafted XMPP stream, aka an "xmppbomb" attack.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.8 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.8% · top 10% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.igniterealtime.openfire:parentGHSA-j5qh-cp3p-2h87 (opens in a new tab)
References (6)
- http://xmpp.org/resources/security-notices/uncontrolled-resource-consumption-with-highly-compressed-xmpp-stanzas/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- VU#495476 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- http://fisheye.igniterealtime.org/changelog/openfiregit?cs=3aec383e07ee893b77396fe946766bbd3758af77 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140408 Re: (Openfire M-Link Metronome Prosody Tigase) Possible CVE Request: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption with XMPP-Layer Compression (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://community.igniterealtime.org/thread/52317 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140407 Re: Possible CVE Request: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption with XMPP-Layer Compression (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-j5qh-cp3p-2h87 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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