Whatsapp
CVE-2023-38538
MEDIUM
Severity by source
AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Lifecycle Timeline
1DescriptionNVD
A race condition in an event subsystem led to a heap use-after-free issue in established audio/video calls that could have resulted in app termination or unexpected control flow with very low probability.
AnalysisAI
A race condition in an event subsystem led to a heap use-after-free issue in established audio/video calls that could have resulted in app termination or unexpected control flow with very low. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. No vendor patch available.
Technical ContextAI
This vulnerability is classified under CWE-362. A race condition in an event subsystem led to a heap use-after-free issue in established audio/video calls that could have resulted in app termination or unexpected control flow with very low probability. Affected products include: Whatsapp.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.
An integer overflow in WhatsApp could result in remote code execution in an established video call. Rated critical sever
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An integer underflow in WhatsApp could have caused remote code execution when receiving a crafted video file. Rated high
A heap corruption in WhatsApp can be caused by a malformed RTP packet being sent after a call is established. Rated high
A missing bounds check in image blurring code prior to WhatsApp for Android v2.21.22.7 and WhatsApp Business for Android
A missing bounds check within the audio decoding pipeline for WhatsApp calls in WhatsApp for Android prior to v2.21.3, W
A use-after-free in a logging library in WhatsApp for iOS prior to v2.20.111 and WhatsApp Business for iOS prior to v2.2
A stack overflow in WhatsApp for Android prior to v2.20.196.16, WhatsApp Business for Android prior to v2.20.196.12, Wha
A user controlled parameter used in video call in WhatsApp for Android prior to v2.20.17, WhatsApp Business for Android
A heap buffer overflow bug in libpl_droidsonroids_gif before 1.2.19, as used in WhatsApp for Android before version 2.19
A buffer overflow vulnerability in WhatsApp VOIP stack allowed remote code execution via specially crafted series of RTC
A lack of filename validation when unzipping archives prior to WhatsApp for Android v2.21.8.13 and WhatsApp Business for
Same weakness CWE-362 – Race Condition
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