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CVE-2019-11939
Golang Facebook Thrift servers would not error upon receiving messages declaring containers of sizes larger than the payload. As a result,…
High7.5EPSS 1.6%
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Description
Golang 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 v2020.03.16.00.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.6% · top 25% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
- unaffected v2020.03.16.00 – < unspecified
- affected unspecified – < v2020.03.16.00
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Gogithub.com/facebook/fbthriftGHSA-w3r9-r9w7-8h48 (opens in a new tab)
References (2)
- https://github.com/facebook/fbthrift/commit/483ed864d69f307e9e3b9dadec048216100c0757 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2019-11939 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-w3r9-r9w7-8h48 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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