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CVE-2014-2743

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-2743 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Lightwitch Metronome through version 3.4, specifically within its mod_compression.lua plugin. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger resource exhaustion by sending a specially crafted XMPP stream, known as an "xmppbomb" attack. With a CVSS score of 7.8, this vulnerability is considered high severity due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete 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
<= 3.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:lightwitch:metronome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.94%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0194 is in the 62nd percentile among its peer group of 51,455 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

code.lightwitch.org / metronome/rev/49f47277a411
ExploitPatch
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