CVEvulnerability

CVE-2018-6339

9.8 CRITICAL Published 2019-06-14 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2019-06-14
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-119, CWE-121

Description

When receiving calls using WhatsApp on Android, a stack allocation failed to properly account for the amount of data being passed in. An off-by-one error meant that data was written beyond the allocated space on the stack. This issue affects WhatsApp for Android starting in version 2.18.180 and was fixed in version 2.18.295. It also affects WhatsApp Business for Android starting in version v2.18.103 and was fixed in version v2.18.150.

Affected configurations

• whatsapp whatsapp (>= 2.18.180 < 2.18.295) • whatsapp whatsapp business (>= 2.18.103 < 2.18.150)

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
  • CWE-121 Stack-based Buffer Overflow weakness

References