Erlang Solutions MongooseIM vulnerable to denial of service (DoS) via crafted XMPP stream

published 2014-04-11 12 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-5v5w-44w6-q5hv , EUVD-2022-2659

cvss: 7.8; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 2.0%; EPSS 2.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 80%
public exploits: 0; none known

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.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 links 1

hex MongooseIM 1.3.2

github.com/esl/MongooseIM@586d96c commit

Exploit prediction

2.01% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

github.com https://github.com/esl/MongooseIM/commit/586d96cc12ef218243a3466354b4d208b5472a6c referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	7.8	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
hex	MongooseIM	<1.3.2	1.3.2

Classification

Weakness

CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

Sources

CVE List CVE-2014-2829
GitHub Advisory GHSA-5v5w-44w6-q5hv
NVD CVE-2014-2829

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Summary