Vulnerabilities > CVE-2019-3564 - Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in Facebook Thrift

047910
CVSS 7.5 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
HIGH
network
low complexity
facebook
CWE-755

Summary

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.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Facebook
133