High severity · published Mar 10, 2020
CVE-2019-11938
Java Facebook Thrift servers would not error upon receiving messages declaring containers of sizes larger than the payload
7.5
CVSS
2.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Java 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 v2019.12.09.00.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.3% · higher than 83% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
TH
Thrift · Facebook
before 2019.12.09.00 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11938
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-11938
Patch
https://github.com/facebook/fbthrift/commit/08c2d412adb214c40bb03be7587057b25d053030
Patch
https://github.com/facebook/fbthrift/commit/71c97ffdcb61cccf1f8267774e873e21ebd3ebd3
Vendor Advisory
https://www.facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2019-11938
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