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CVE-2020-1893

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-1893 describes an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in HHVM's JSON decoding function, TryParse, affecting numerous versions of HHVM from 4.9.0 up to 4.45.0. This flaw stems from insufficient boundary checks, allowing an attacker to potentially trigger a Denial of Service (DoS) condition. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity and no user interaction, leading to high availability impact. Currently, there is no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 4.8.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:facebook:hhvm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.9.0, <= 4.32.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:facebook:hhvm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.33.0, <= 4.38.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:facebook:hhvm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.39.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:facebook:hhvm:4.39.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.40.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:facebook:hhvm:4.40.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.15%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
63.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0115 is in the 42nd percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

github.com / facebook/hhvm/commit/bd586671a3c22eb2f07e55f11b3ce64e1f7961e7
Patch
hhvm.com / blog/2020/02/20/security-update.html
Vendor Advisory