ASA-2020-00044 – WhatsApp: A buffer overflow could have allowed an out-of-bounds write via a specially crafted video stream

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)

Facebook

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

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