CVE-2019-3564
mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.020 · 81 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Go 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 leading to denial of service. This issue affects Facebook Thrift prior to v2019.03.04.00.
cvss
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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 (4)
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- Go github.com/facebook/fbthrift< 0.31.1-0.20190225164308-c461c1bd1a3eosvUSpkg:golang/github.com/facebook/fbthrift
advisories (2)
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- GHSA-x4rg-4545-4w7wImproper Input Validation and Excessive Iteration in Go Facebook Thrift2022-02-15ghsa · osvUS
Go 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 leading to denial of service. This issue affects Facebook Thrift prior to v2019.03.04.00.
- GO-2021-0088Denial of service via ignored unknown fields in github.com/facebook/fbthrift2021-04-14vendor · osvUS
Skip ignores unknown fields, rather than failing. A malicious user can craft small messages with unknown fields which can take significant resources to parse. If a server accepts messages from an untrusted user, it may be used as a denial of service vector.
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references (10)
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- https://github.com/facebook/fbthrift/commit/c461c1bd1a3e130b181aa9c854da3030cd4b5156cnnvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd0e44e8ef71eeaaa3cf3d1b8b41eb25894372e2995ec908ce7624d26@%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3Ecnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3564cnnvd
- https://www.facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2019-3564cnnvd
- https://github.com/facebook/fbthrift/commit/c461c1bd1a3e130b181aa9c854da3030cd4b5156enisa_euvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd0e44e8ef71eeaaa3cf3d1b8b41eb25894372e2995ec908ce7624d26%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3Eenisa_euvd
- https://www.facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2019-3564enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/facebook/fbthrift/commit/c461c1bd1a3e130b181aa9c854da3030cd4b5156PatchThird Party Advisorynvd
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