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CVE-2019-3552 — C++ Facebook Thrift servers (using cpp2) would not error upon receiving messages

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. Thi

CVSS
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EPSS
0.39% (top 40.10%)
CWE
CWE-834
Published
2019-05-06T15:15:02.000Z
Last modified
2024-08-04T19:12:09.356Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

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.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
FacebookFacebook Thriftv2019.02.18.00, unspecified

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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