Prosody before 0.9.4 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, related to core/portmanager.lua and util/xmppstream.lua
Published Apr 11, 2014
7.8
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.14%
Description
Prosody before 0.9.4 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, related to core/portmanager.lua and util/xmppstream.lua.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 0.9.3
- 0.1.0
- 0.2.0
- 0.3.0
- 0.4.0
- 0.4.1
- 0.4.2
- 0.5.0
- 0.5.1
- 0.5.2
- 0.6.0
- 0.6.1
- 0.6.2
- 0.7.0
- 0.8.0
- 0.8.1
- 0.8.2
- 0.9.0
- 0.9.1
- 0.9.2
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.14% (0.03141) | 87.46th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.14% (0.03141) | 86.19th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.70% (0.02697) | 84.89th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.98% (0.02980) | 91.25th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 21, 2023 | 2.98% (0.02980) | 89.82th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 5, 2023 | 3.36% (0.03362) | 90.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 3.34% (0.03340) | 89.84th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Mar 2, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 70.87th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 49.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (8)
- http://blog.prosody.im/prosody-0-9-4-released/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://hg.prosody.im/0.9/rev/1107d66d2ab2 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://hg.prosody.im/0.9/rev/a97591d2e1ad x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/07/7 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/09/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57710 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2895 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://xmpp.org/resources/security-notices/uncontrolled-resource-consumption-with-highly-compressed-xmpp-stanzas/ x_refsource_MISC
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://blog.prosody.im/prosody-0-9-4-released/ | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://hg.prosody.im/0.9/rev/1107d66d2ab2 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://hg.prosody.im/0.9/rev/a97591d2e1ad | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/07/7 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/09/1 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/57710 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2895 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://xmpp.org/resources/security-notices/uncontrolled-resource-consumption-with-highly-compressed-xmpp-stanzas/ | x_refsource_MISC |
Change history (0)
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