CVE-2019-3553

Published: Mar 10, 2020Modified: Jun 17, 2026

7.5

Vector

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

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Facebook: Thrift

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Facebook Thrift	Before 2020.02.03.00

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Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

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References (6)

https://github.com/facebook/fbthrift/commit/3f156207e8a6583d88999487e954320dc18955e6

Source: cve-assign@fb.com

PatchThird Party Advisory

https://github.com/facebook/fbthrift/commit/c9a903e5902834e95bbd4ab0e9fa53ba0189f351

Source: cve-assign@fb.com

PatchThird Party Advisory

https://www.facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2019-3553

Source: cve-assign@fb.com

Vendor Advisory

https://github.com/facebook/fbthrift/commit/3f156207e8a6583d88999487e954320dc18955e6

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

PatchThird Party Advisory

https://github.com/facebook/fbthrift/commit/c9a903e5902834e95bbd4ab0e9fa53ba0189f351

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

PatchThird Party Advisory

https://www.facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2019-3553

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

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