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CVE-2021-24043

CRITICAL
9.1CVSS
Published: 2022-02-02
Updated: 2024-11-21
AI Analysis

Description

A missing bound check in RTCP flag parsing code prior to WhatsApp for Android v2.21.23.2, WhatsApp Business for Android v2.21.23.2, WhatsApp for iOS v2.21.230.6, WhatsApp Business for iOS 2.21.230.7, and WhatsApp Desktop v2.2145.0 could have allowed an out-of-bounds heap read if a user sent a malformed RTCP packet during an established call.

CVSS Metrics

Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector
network
Complexity
low
Privileges
none
User Action
none
Scope
unchanged
Confidentiality
high
Integrity
none
Availability
high
Weaknesses
CWE-125

Metadata

Primary Vendor
WHATSAPP
Published
2/2/2022
Last Modified
11/21/2024
Source
NIST NVD
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Affected Products

whatsapp : whatsappwhatsapp : whatsappwhatsapp : whatsappwhatsapp : whatsapp_businesswhatsapp : whatsapp_business

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