CVE-2019-3564

HIGH

Facebook Thrift < 2019.03.04.00 - Improper Exception Handling

Title source: rule

Description

Go Facebook Thrift servers would not error upon receiving messages with containers of fields of unknown type. As a result, malicious clients could send short messages which would take a long time for the server to parse, potentially leading to denial of service. This issue affects Facebook Thrift prior to v2019.03.04.00.

References (3)

[Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://github.com/facebook/fbthrift/commit/c461c1bd1a3e130b181aa9c854da3030cd4b5156

View Patch ZIP pw:eip

[Mailing List] https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd0e44e8ef71eeaaa3cf3d1b8b41eb25894372e2995ec908ce7624d26%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E

[Vendor Advisory] https://www.facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2019-3564

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5

EPSS 0.0055

EPSS Percentile 67.6%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-755 CWE-834

Status published

Affected Products (2)

facebook/thrift < 2019.03.04.00

facebook/fbthrift < 0.31.1-0.20190225164308-c461c1bd1a3eGo

Timeline

Published May 06, 2019

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026