Critical severity · published Apr 14, 2021
CVE-2021-24028
An invalid free in Thrift's table-based serialization can cause the application to crash or potentially result in code execution or other undesirable effects
9.8
CVSS
1.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An invalid free in Thrift's table-based serialization can cause the application to crash or potentially result in code execution or other undesirable effects. This issue affects Facebook Thrift prior to v2021.02.22.00.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.7% · higher than 78% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
TH
Thrift · Facebook
before 2021.02.22.00 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24028
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24028
Patch
https://github.com/facebook/fbthrift/commit/bfda1efa547dce11a38592820916db01b05b9339
Vendor Advisory
https://www.facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2021-24028
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