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.
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:- Version unspecified and below v2.21.1.13 is affected.
- Version v2.21.1.13 and below unspecified is unaffected.
- Version unspecified and below v2.21.1.13 is affected.
- Version v2.21.1.13 and below unspecified is unaffected.
Exploit Probability
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