CVE-2021-24043

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-24043
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-02-02 12:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-02-07 19:47:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-125

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Whatsapp Whatsapp 2.21.23.2 All All All
Application Whatsapp Whatsapp 2.21.230.6 All All All
Application Whatsapp Whatsapp 2.2145.0 All All All
Application Whatsapp Whatsapp Business 2.21.23.2 All All All
Application Whatsapp Whatsapp Business 2.21.230.7 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
WhatsApp Security Advisories MISC www.whatsapp.com Vendor Advisory
WhatsApp Security Advisories CONFIRM www.whatsapp.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 630780 WhatsApp For Android Out-of-bounds Read Vulnerability
  • 630801 WhatsApp For ios Out-of-bounds Read Vulnerability
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