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Vulnerability record · CVE-2014-2741 · published 11 April 2014

CVE-2014-2741: Igniterealtime openfire permissions and access controls vulnerability

Igniterealtime · Openfire

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.

7.8 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 3.8% · top 10.4% CWE-264 · Permissions and access controls
7.8CVSS 2.0 base score
3.8%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
12References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
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 US Government Resource
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 US Government Resource
http://xmpp.org/resources/security-notices/uncontrolled-resource-consumption-with-highly-compressed-xmpp-stanzas/

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2014-2741), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.