CVE-2019-3553

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.

Score

CVSS 3.1 7.5 High

Status

Modified - cve-assign@fb.com

Published

2020-03-10

Last modified

2024-08-04

Weaknesses

CWE-770

Affected products

• Facebook Thrift (Facebook)
• Thrift (Facebook)

References

• https://github.com/facebook/fbthrift/commit/3f156207e8a6583d88999487e954320dc18955e6
• https://github.com/facebook/fbthrift/commit/c9a903e5902834e95bbd4ab0e9fa53ba0189f351
• https://www.facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2019-3553