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CVE-2010-0305

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-0305 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in ejabberd versions prior to 2.1.3, specifically within the ejabberd_c2s.erl component. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this by sending a large volume of client-to-server (c2s) messages, leading to a queue overload and subsequent daemon crash. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity and partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:process-one:ejabberd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:process-one:ejabberd:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:process-one:ejabberd:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:process-one:ejabberd:0.9.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:process-one:ejabberd:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.10%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0311 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-0305Low

ejabberd: Remote DoS via flood of client2server messages

Jan 28, 2010

References

secunia.com / advisories/38337
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/39423
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/56025
support.process-one.net / browse/EJAB-1173
debian.org / security/2010/dsa-2033
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2010/01/29/1
Patch
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2010/01/29/5
Patch
osvdb.org / 62066
securityfocus.com / bid/38003
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/0894