VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-3553
As a result, malicious clients could send short messages which would result in a large memory allocation, potentially leading to denial of service.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 2.13%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.13%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
C++ Facebook Thrift servers would not error upon receiving messages declaring containers of sizes larger than the payload. As a result, malicious clients could send short messages which would result in a large memory allocation, potentially leading to denial of service. This issue affects Facebook Thrift prior to v2020.02.03.00.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.13% probability · 81th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-770
- Affected
- facebook/thrift
- Source
- cve-assign@fb.com
References
- https://github.com/facebook/fbthrift/commit/3f156207e8a6583d88999487e954320dc18955e6Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/facebook/fbthrift/commit/c9a903e5902834e95bbd4ab0e9fa53ba0189f351Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2019-3553Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/facebook/fbthrift/commit/3f156207e8a6583d88999487e954320dc18955e6Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/facebook/fbthrift/commit/c9a903e5902834e95bbd4ab0e9fa53ba0189f351Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2019-3553Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.