CVE-2019-11936
Various APC functions accept keys containing null bytes as input, leading to premature truncation of input.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.48%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Various APC functions accept keys containing null bytes as input, leading to premature truncation of input. This issue affects HHVM versions prior to 3.30.12, all versions between 4.0.0 and 4.8.5, all versions between 4.9.0 and 4.23.1, as well as 4.24.0, 4.25.0, 4.26.0, 4.27.0, 4.28.0, and 4.28.1.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.48% probability · 74th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-626
- Affected
- facebook/hhvm
- Source
- cve-assign@fb.com
EPSS 1.5% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://github.com/facebook/hhvm/commit/f57df6d8cf33cb14c40f52287da29360e7003373Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://hhvm.com/blog/2019/10/28/security-update.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://www.facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2019-11936Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/facebook/hhvm/commit/f57df6d8cf33cb14c40f52287da29360e7003373Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://hhvm.com/blog/2019/10/28/security-update.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://www.facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2019-11936Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.