What is CVE-2019-11938?

CVE-2019-11938 is a high-severity vulnerability in Facebook Thrift, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-03-10.

How severe is CVE-2019-11938?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Facebook Thrift

CVE-2019-11938

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, potential…

EPSS: 0.022 (80.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Facebook Thrift — versions v2019.12.09.00, unspecified
Facebook Thrift

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

cve-assign@fb.com (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve-assign@fb.com (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve-assign@fb.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-11938?: CVE-2019-11938 is a high-severity vulnerability in Facebook Thrift, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-03-10.
How severe is CVE-2019-11938?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.