Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-6349 - Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in Whatsapp

047910
CVSS 9.8 - CRITICAL
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
HIGH
network
low complexity
whatsapp
CWE-787
critical

Summary

When receiving calls using WhatsApp for Android, a missing size check when parsing a sender-provided packet allowed for a stack-based overflow. This issue affects WhatsApp for Android prior to 2.18.248 and WhatsApp Business for Android prior to 2.18.132.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Whatsapp
115

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)