CVE-2019-3568

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Publication date:

14/05/2019

Last modified:

21/03/2025

Description

A buffer overflow vulnerability in WhatsApp VOIP stack allowed remote code execution via specially crafted series of RTCP packets sent to a target phone number. The issue affects WhatsApp for Android prior to v2.19.134, WhatsApp Business for Android prior to v2.19.44, WhatsApp for iOS prior to v2.19.51, WhatsApp Business for iOS prior to v2.19.51, WhatsApp for Windows Phone prior to v2.18.348, and WhatsApp for Tizen prior to v2.18.15.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.80 CRITICAL
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

9.80

Severity 3.x

CRITICAL

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.50 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0

7.50

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:whatsapp:whatsapp::::::tizen::*		2.18.15 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:whatsapp:whatsapp::::::windows_phone::*		2.18.348 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:whatsapp:whatsapp:::::business:android::		2.19.44 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:whatsapp:whatsapp::::::iphone_os::*		2.19.51 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:whatsapp:whatsapp:::::business:iphone_os::		2.19.51 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:whatsapp:whatsapp::::::android::*		2.19.134 (excluding)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2019-3568

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools