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CVE-2014-2742

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-2742 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Isode M-Link versions prior to 16.0v7. It allows remote attackers to exhaust system resources by sending specially crafted, compressed XML elements within an XMPP stream, a technique known as an "xmppbomb" attack. This vulnerability has a high severity CVSS score of 7.8, indicating it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity and results in a complete loss of availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
14.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:isode:m-link:14.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
14.6.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:isode:m-link:14.6.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:isode:m-link:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.1.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:isode:m-link:15.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
16.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:isode:m-link:16.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.8HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.80%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0180 is in the 59th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2014/04/07/7
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2014/04/09/1
xmpp.org / resources/security-notices/uncontrolled-resource-consumption-with-highly-compressed-xmpp-stanzas