CVE-2019-11923
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: December 4, 2019 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:13 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorMcrouter
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
In Mcrouter prior to v0.41.0, the deprecated ASCII parser would allocate a buffer to a user-specified length with no maximum length enforced, allowing for resource exhaustion or denial of service.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 0.41.00.41.0
Affected range stops below 0.41.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (3)
x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/facebook/mcrouter/commit/98ce6624cd2563cfdb5da3b2949d5e1e03867034x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/facebook/mcrouter/releases/tag/v0.41.0-releasex_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2019-11923CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-770
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