Vulnerabilities > CVE-2019-11927 - Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in Whatsapp

047910
CVSS 6.8 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
whatsapp
CWE-787
NVD
Published: 2019-09-27
Updated: 2019-10-09

Summary

An integer overflow in WhatsApp media parsing libraries allows a remote attacker to perform an out-of-bounds write on the heap via specially-crafted EXIF tags in WEBP images. This issue affects WhatsApp for Android before version 2.19.143 and WhatsApp for iOS before version 2.19.100.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Whatsapp
71

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

References