Back to CVE Browser

CVE-2014-2741

HIGH

7.8

CVSS Severity Score

EPSS Score0.1330%

EPSS Percentile28.86th

PublishedApr 11, 2014

Last ModifiedMay 6, 2026

Vulnerability 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.

Affected Platforms (CPE)

📦

Igniterealtime

Openfire

<= 3.9.1

References & Advisories

🔗 http://community.igniterealtime.org/thread/52317

🔗 http://fisheye.igniterealtime.org/changelog/openfiregit?cs=3aec383e07ee893b77396fe946766bbd3758af77

🔗 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/07/7

🔗 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/09/1

🔗 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/495476

🔗 http://xmpp.org/resources/security-notices/uncontrolled-resource-consumption-with-highly-compressed-xmpp-stanzas/

🔗 http://community.igniterealtime.org/thread/52317

🔗 http://fisheye.igniterealtime.org/changelog/openfiregit?cs=3aec383e07ee893b77396fe946766bbd3758af77

Related Vulnerabilities

CVE-2019-183949.8

A Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in FaviconServlet.java in Ignite Realtime Openfire through 4.4.2 allows attacke...

CVE-2017-28158.1

An exploitable XML entity injection vulnerability exists in OpenFire User Import Export Plugin 2.6.0. A specially crafted web requ...

CVE-2007-29757.5

The admin console in Ignite Realtime Openfire 3.3.0 and earlier (formerly Wildfire) does not properly specify a filter mapping in ...

CVE-2008-65097.5

SQL injection vulnerability in CallLogDAO in SIP Plugin in Openfire 3.6.0a and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrar...