7.5

CVE-2019-11939: facebook facebook thrift

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2019-11939CGA-395p-h968-x3qhCGA-m2f3-8fr7-x9rh
Published 18-03-2020Last modified 04-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2019-11939 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in facebook facebook thrift. EPSS estimates a 1.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.56%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 0 · Related 2

Timeline

  1. 18-03-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

6 scores · 5 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.56%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

75%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.56% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
1.56%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Facebook2 products
Chainguard1 product
  • thriftAll versions (No fix recorded)
Github.com/facebook1 product
  • fbthrift< 0.31.1-0.20200311080807-483ed864d69f
Ubuntu1 product
  • thriftAll versions (No fix recorded)
Wolfi1 product
  • thriftAll versions (No fix recorded)

5 vendors · 6 products

References

7 links