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CVE-2025-55179

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
18/11/2025
Last modified:
25/11/2025

Description

Incomplete validation of rich response messages in WhatsApp for iOS prior to v2.25.23.73, WhatsApp Business for iOS v2.25.23.82, and WhatsApp for Mac v2.25.23.83 could have allowed a user to trigger processing of media content from an arbitrary URL on another user’s device. We have not seen evidence of exploitation in the wild.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.40 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

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

Base Score 3.x
5.40
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:whatsapp:whatsapp:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:* 2.25.8.14 (including) 2.25.23.83 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:whatsapp:whatsapp:*:*:*:*:*:iphone_os:*:* 2.25.8.17 (including) 2.25.23.73 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:whatsapp:whatsapp_business:*:*:*:*:*:iphone_os:*:* 2.25.8.14 (including) 2.25.23.82 (excluding)

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