CVE-2019-3552
mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.020 · 80 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
C++ Facebook Thrift servers (using cpp2) 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 leading to denial of service. This issue affects Facebook Thrift prior to v2019.02.18.00.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5
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affected products (3)
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references (12)
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- http://www.facebook.com/cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108279cnnvd
- https://github.com/facebook/fbthrift/commit/c5d6e07588cd03061bc54d451a7fa6e84883d62bcnnvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd0e44e8ef71eeaaa3cf3d1b8b41eb25894372e2995ec908ce7624d26@%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3Ecnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3552cnnvd
- https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108279cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108279enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/facebook/fbthrift/commit/c5d6e07588cd03061bc54d451a7fa6e84883d62benisa_euvd
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