CVE-2020-1907 vulnerability in WhatsApp Products
Published on October 6, 2020
A stack overflow in WhatsApp for Android prior to v2.20.196.16, WhatsApp Business for Android prior to v2.20.196.12, WhatsApp for iOS prior to v2.20.90, WhatsApp Business for iOS prior to v2.20.90, and WhatsApp for Portal prior to v173.0.0.29.505 could have allowed arbitrary code execution when parsing the contents of an RTP Extension header.
Weakness Type
What is a Memory Corruption Vulnerability?
The software writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Typically, this can result in corruption of data, a crash, or code execution. The software may modify an index or perform pointer arithmetic that references a memory location that is outside of the boundaries of the buffer. A subsequent write operation then produces undefined or unexpected results.
CVE-2020-1907 has been classified to as a Memory Corruption vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2020-1907
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Affected Versions
Facebook WhatsApp for Android:- Version 2.20.196.16 is affected.
- Version unspecified and below 2.20.196.16 is affected.
- Version 2.20.196.12 is affected.
- Version unspecified and below 2.20.196.12 is affected.
- Version 2.20.90 is affected.
- Version unspecified and below 2.20.90 is affected.
- Version 2.20.90 is affected.
- Version unspecified and below 2.20.90 is affected.
- Version 173.0.0.29.505 is affected.
- Version unspecified and below 173.0.0.29.505 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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