HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2019-0205

Thrift vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
9.2%
EPSS pct
95th
Exploited
No known
In Apache Thrift all versions up to and including 0.12.0, a server or client may run into an endless loop when feed with specific input data. Because the issue had already been partially fixed in version 0.11.0, depending on the installed version it affects only certain language bindings.
Affected vendor
Apache
Affected product
Thrift
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-835 — Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop)
Published
2019-10-29

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 9.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2019-0205

  • Confirm whether Apache Thrift is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2019-0205.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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