CVE-2014-2743

Exp

plugins/mod_compression.lua in Lightwitch Metronome through 3.4 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.

Published: 2014-04-10 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-2743 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.5/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.94%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.19% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2014-2743

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-2743

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.75% 1.94% +1.19%
2 2025-09-19 0.91% 0.75% -0.15%
3 2025-03-30 0.91%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-2743

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
10.0 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-2743

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-2743

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
lightwitch metronome <= 3.4 cpe:2.3:a:lightwitch:metronome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-2743

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