CVE-2011-2532 Denial of service in n/a

What is CVE-2011-2532?

CVE-2011-2532 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 22 Jun 2011. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The json.decode function in util/json.lua in Prosody 0.8.x before 0.8.1 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via invalid JSON data, as demonstrated by truncated data.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-2532?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Prosody Prosody.

How do I fix CVE-2011-2532?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2011-2532 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-2532 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2014-2745 Denial of service in n/a High 7.8
• CVE-2022-0217 XML external entity in prosody High 7.5
• CVE-2021-37601 Information disclosure in n/a High 7.5
• CVE-2026-43504 Missing authorization in Prosody Medium 6.5
• CVE-2026-43505 Missing authorization in Prosody Medium 6.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2532, GHSA-mq6h-jh39-cjg8.