CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2018-6339

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.

7.5 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 10 / Impact : 6.4

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

9.8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : CRITICAL

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://www.facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2018-6339/ Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:whatsapp:whatsapp:*:*:*:*:business:android:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:whatsapp:whatsapp:*:*:*:*:*:android:*:*
Information

Published : 2019-06-14 05:29

Updated : 2019-10-09 11:41

NVD link : CVE-2018-6339

Mitre link : CVE-2018-6339

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer