Improper handling of exceptional conditions in Meta Facebook Thrift
Priority LOW 37CWE-834Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.
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.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01994 80th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Facebook Thrift (Facebook): v2019.03.04.00github.com/facebook/fbthrift (Go): 0.31.1-0.20190225164308-c461c1bd1a3e
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meta | Facebook Thrift | v2019.03.04.00; before v2019.03.04.00 | v2019.03.04.00 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | github.com/facebook/fbthrift (Go) | before 0.31.1-0.20190225164308-c461c1bd1a3e | 0.31.1-0.20190225164308-c461c1bd1a3e | Patch available | GHSA-x4rg-4545-4w7w |
- Facebook Thrift VendorMeta Affected v2019.03.04.00; before v2019.03.04.00 Fixed in v2019.03.04.00 Patch available CNA
- github.com/facebook/fbthrift (Go) Vendor— Affected before 0.31.1-0.20190225164308-c461c1bd1a3e Fixed in 0.31.1-0.20190225164308-c461c1bd1a3e Patch available GHSA-x4rg-4545-4w7w
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Facebook Thrift (Facebook) Fixed in v2019.03.04.00
- Fix · GHSA-x4rg-4545-4w7w github.com/facebook/fbthrift (Go) Fixed in 0.31.1-0.20190225164308-c461c1bd1a3e Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-3564
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x4rg-4545-4w7w
References
Advisory 2
Other 4
More Meta Thrift vulnerabilities
- TI-2021-06345 An invalid free in Thrift's table-based serialization can cause the application to crash… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2019-02630 Improper handling of exceptional conditions in Meta Facebook Thrift CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2019-08943 Resource allocation without limits in Meta Facebook Thrift CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2019-02624 Improper handling of exceptional conditions in Meta Facebook Thrift CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2019-02623 Improper handling of exceptional conditions in Meta Facebook Thrift CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2019-02619 Resource allocation without limits in Meta Facebook Thrift CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2019-3564 · CVE Program
- CVE-2019-3564 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-x4rg-4545-4w7w · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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