CVE-2014-2741

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-04-11 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

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 products

igniterealtime Openfire: through 3.9.1

References

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
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/

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