Risk Letters

Exploited vulnerability

CVE-2019-3568

TLP:CLEAR

WhatsApp VOIP Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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.

Facts

  • Vendor: Meta Platforms
  • Product: WhatsApp
  • CVSS: 9.8
  • EPSS (probability of exploitation within 30 days): 30.1 %
  • On CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list since: 19 April 2022
  • First known exploitation: 19 April 2022
  • CISA's deadline for US federal agencies: 10 May 2022
  • Weakness: CWE-122
  • First seen by Risk Letters: 19 April 2022

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Data: NVD (public domain), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, MITRE ATT&CK, AlienVault OTX. NVD