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CVE-2014-2829

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2014-04-11 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Erlang Solutions MongooseIM through 1.3.1 rev. 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

• Erlang-Solutions Mongooseim: through 1.3.1; 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.3.0, 1.3.1

References

• http://xmpp.org/resources/security-notices/uncontrolled-resource-consumption-with-highly-compressed-xmpp-stanzas/
• https://github.com/esl/MongooseIM/commit/586d96cc12ef218243a3466354b4d208b5472a6c
• http://xmpp.org/resources/security-notices/uncontrolled-resource-consumption-with-highly-compressed-xmpp-stanzas/
• https://github.com/esl/MongooseIM/commit/586d96cc12ef218243a3466354b4d208b5472a6c

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