What is CVE-2019-3559?

CVE-2019-3559 is a high-severity vulnerability in Facebook Thrift, classified under Excessive Iteration. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-05-06.

How severe is CVE-2019-3559?

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

Vulnerability in Facebook Thrift

CVE-2019-3559

Java Facebook Thrift servers would not error upon receiving messages with containers of fields of unknown type. As a result, malicious clients could send short messages which would take a long time for the server to parse, potentially lead…

EPSS: 0.020 (78.5th 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 v2019.02.18.00, unspecified
Facebook Thrift

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-3559?: CVE-2019-3559 is a high-severity vulnerability in Facebook Thrift, classified under Excessive Iteration. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-05-06.
How severe is CVE-2019-3559?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.