CVE-2019-3553

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

C++ 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 v2020.02.03.00.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-770

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Facebook	Facebook Thrift	>= unspecified, < v2020.02.03.00

References

https://github.com/facebook/fbthrift/commit/3f156207e8a6583d88999487e954320dc18955e6Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/facebook/fbthrift/commit/c9a903e5902834e95bbd4ab0e9fa53ba0189f351Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://www.facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2019-3553Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/facebook/fbthrift/commit/3f156207e8a6583d88999487e954320dc18955e6Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/facebook/fbthrift/commit/c9a903e5902834e95bbd4ab0e9fa53ba0189f351Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://www.facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2019-3553Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Mar 10, 2020
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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