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CVE-2019-3566

MEDIUM
5.9
CVSS Score
Published: May 10, 2019 at 08:58 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:35 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorWhatsAppWhatsapp Business

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Severity
MEDIUM5.9
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

Description

A bug in WhatsApp for Android's messaging logic would potentially allow a malicious individual who has taken over over a WhatsApp user's account to recover previously sent messages. This behavior requires independent knowledge of metadata for previous messages, which are not available publicly. This issue affects WhatsApp for Android 2.19.52 and 2.19.54 - 2.19.103, as well as WhatsApp Business for Android starting in v2.19.22 until v2.19.38.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

WhatsApp· Whatsapp
95%
v ≥ 2.19.542.19.54 ≤ v ≤ 2.19.1032.19.1042.19.522.19.54
Whatsapp Business· Whatsapp
95%
v ≥ 2.19.222.19.22 ≤ v ≤ 2.19.382.19.222.19.38

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2019-3566

CVSS

5.9MEDIUM[email protected]
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-284NVD-CWE-noinfo

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