CVE-2019-11927 is a vulnerability in WhatsApp
Published on September 27, 2019
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.
Weakness Type
Integer Overflow or Wraparound
The software performs a calculation that can produce an integer overflow or wraparound, when the logic assumes that the resulting value will always be larger than the original value. This can introduce other weaknesses when the calculation is used for resource management or execution control. An integer overflow or wraparound occurs when an integer value is incremented to a value that is too large to store in the associated representation. When this occurs, the value may wrap to become a very small or negative number. While this may be intended behavior in circumstances that rely on wrapping, it can have security consequences if the wrap is unexpected. This is especially the case if the integer overflow can be triggered using user-supplied inputs. This becomes security-critical when the result is used to control looping, make a security decision, or determine the offset or size in behaviors such as memory allocation, copying, concatenation, etc.
Products Associated with CVE-2019-11927
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Affected Versions
Facebook WhatsApp for Android:- Version before version 2.19.143 is affected.
- Version before version 2.19.100 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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