WhatsApp Video Call Integer Overflow Enabling RCE
CVE-2022-36934 Published on September 22, 2022
An integer overflow in WhatsApp could result in remote code execution in an established video call.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2022-36934 is exploitable with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be critical as this vulnerability has a high impact to the confidentiality, integrity and availability of this component.
Weakness Type
Heap-based Buffer Overflow
A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().
Products Associated with CVE-2022-36934
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Affected Versions
Meta WhatsApp for iOS:- Version unspecified and below 2.22.16.12 is affected.
- Version unspecified and below 2.22.16.12 is affected.
- Version unspecified and below 2.22.16.12 is affected.
- Version unspecified and below 2.22.16.12 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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