CVE-2019-3564

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.

Published: 2019-05-06 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2019-3564 is rated Moderate Risk (58.8/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.99%). EPSS rose +1.44% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-3564

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.55% 1.99% +1.44%
2 2026-02-19 0.56% 0.55% -0.01%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.56% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2019-3564

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2019-3564

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2019-3564

GHSA-x4rg-4545-4w7w · Severity: high · Ecosystem: go — Improper Input Validation and Excessive Iteration in Go Facebook Thrift

OS Trackers for CVE-2019-3564

vendor priority summary link
alpine high CVE-2019-3564: 1 source package rows (thrift); 12 state rows across 7 repos (3.17-community, 3.18-community, 3.19-community, 3.20-community, 3.22-community, 3.23-community, edge-community); fixed 0, open 12. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-3564
ubuntu medium CVE-2019-3564 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (golang-github-uber-go-tally, thrift), 30 status rows across 15 suites (bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, upstream, xenial): DNE 11, not-affected 9, ignored 5, needs-triage 4, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-3564

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-3564

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
facebook thrift < 2019.03.04.00 cpe:2.3:a:facebook:thrift:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2019-3564

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