Uncontrolled resource consumption in Meta HHVM
Priority MEDIUM 42CWE-400Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-400.
Summary
A Malformed h2 frame can cause 'std::out_of_range' exception when parsing priority meta data. This behavior can lead to denial-of-service. This affects all supported versions of HHVM (3.25.2, 3.24.6, and 3.21.10 and below) when using the proxygen server to handle HTTP2 requests.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01469 73rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed HHVM (Facebook): 3.21.11
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meta | HHVM | 3.25.3; 3.25.0; 3.24.7; 3.22.0; 3.21.11; before 3.21.11 | 3.21.11 | Patch available | CNA |
- HHVM VendorMeta Affected 3.25.3; 3.25.0; 3.24.7; 3.22.0; 3.21.11; before 3.21.11 Fixed in 3.21.11 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA HHVM (Facebook) Fixed in 3.21.11
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-6335
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3j37-x46m-f23g
References
More Meta Hhvm vulnerabilities
- TI-2018-04659 Improper input validation in Meta HHVM CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-17147 Broken or risky cryptographic algorithm in Meta HHVM CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2019-08934 Memory corruption in Meta HHVM CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2021-06352 Heap-based buffer overflow in Meta folly CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2019-08935 An invalid free in mb_detect_order can cause the application to crash or potentially… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2016-05898 Integer overflow in bcmath in Facebook HHVM before 3.15.0 allows attackers to have… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2018-6335 · CVE Program
- CVE-2018-6335 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-3j37-x46m-f23g · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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