In Apache Thrift 0.9.3 to 0.13.0, malicious RPC clients could send short messages which would result in a large memory allocation, potentially leading to denial of service.
CVE-2020-13949
This high-severity CVE scores 7.5 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.8%, top 25% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5(medium)
- EPSS
- 93.2%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
February 12, 2021
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (216)
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- security@apachehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1504886a550426d3c05772c47b1a6350c3235e51fd1fdffbec43e974%40%3Cuser.thrift.apache.org%3E
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Vendor Advisories for CVE-2020-13949(2)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Patch Availability(3)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | eap7-wildfly-openssl-linux-0:1.0.12-6.Final_redhat_00001.1.ep7.el7 | 2025-06-25 | redhat |
| redhat | libthrift | 2021-12-14 | redhat |
| redhat | distributed-tracing/jaeger-rhel8-operator:1.20.4-18 | 2021-06-24 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Maven(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| org.apache.thrift:libthrift | 0.10.0 ... 0.9.3-1 (6 versions) | 0.14.0 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(1)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
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