Vulnerabilites related to Facebook - WhatsApp for KaiOS
CVE-2021-24042 (GCVE-0-2021-24042)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-01-04 18:55
Modified
2025-05-22 18:36
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow ()
Summary
The calling logic for WhatsApp for Android prior to v2.21.23, WhatsApp Business for Android prior to v2.21.23, WhatsApp for iOS prior to v2.21.230, WhatsApp Business for iOS prior to v2.21.230, WhatsApp for KaiOS prior to v2.2143, WhatsApp Desktop prior to v2.2146 could have allowed an out-of-bounds write if a user makes a 1:1 call to a malicious actor.
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Impacted products
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| ► | WhatsApp Desktop |
Version: unspecified < v2.2146 Patch: v2.2146 < unspecified |
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