Allele Security Alert
ASA-2020-00044
Identifier(s)
ASA-2020-00044, CVE-2020-1886
Title
A buffer overflow could have allowed an out-of-bounds write via a specially crafted video stream
Vendor(s)
Product(s)
Facebook WhatsApp
Affected version(s)
WhatsApp for Android versions before v2.20.11
WhatsApp Business for Android versions before v2.20.2
Fixed version(s)
WhatsApp for Android version v2.20.11
WhatsApp Business for Android version v2.20.2
Proof of concept
Unknown
Description
A buffer overflow in WhatsApp for Android prior to v2.20.11 and WhatsApp Business for Android prior to v2.20.2 could have allowed an out-of-bounds write via a specially crafted video stream after receiving and answering a malicious video call.
Technical details
Unknown
Credits
Unknown
Reference(s)
WhatsApp Security Advisories
https://www.whatsapp.com/security/advisories/2020
CVE-2020-1886
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-1886
CVE-2020-1886
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1886
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Last modified: September 9, 2020