Vulnerabilities > CVE-2020-1909 - Use After Free vulnerability in Whatsapp and Whatsapp Business

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-416
critical
NVD
Published: 2020-11-03
Updated: 2020-11-06

Summary

A use-after-free in a logging library in WhatsApp for iOS prior to v2.20.111 and WhatsApp Business for iOS prior to v2.20.111 could have resulted in memory corruption, crashes and potentially code execution. This could have happened only if several events occurred together in sequence, including receiving an animated sticker while placing a WhatsApp video call on hold.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Whatsapp
103

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

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