CVE-2018-6349
CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: June 14, 2019 at 05:02 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:01 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorWhatsAppWhatsapp Business
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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
When receiving calls using WhatsApp for Android, a missing size check when parsing a sender-provided packet allowed for a stack-based overflow. This issue affects WhatsApp for Android prior to 2.18.248 and WhatsApp Business for Android prior to 2.18.132.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (2)
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108804x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2018-6349/CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-121CWE-787
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