whatsapp whatsapp CVE-2020-1910 vulnerability in WhatsApp Products
Published on February 2, 2021

A missing bounds check in WhatsApp for Android prior to v2.21.1.13 and WhatsApp Business for Android prior to v2.21.1.13 could have allowed out-of-bounds read and write if a user applied specific image filters to a specially crafted image and sent the resulting image.

NVD

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-2020-1910 has been classified to as a Memory Corruption vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2020-1910

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Affected Versions

WhatsApp Business for Android: WhatsApp for Android:

Exploit Probability

EPSS
2.94%
Percentile
86.40%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.