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CVE-2021-240429.8CriticalCWE-122

CVE-2021-24042: Facebook WhatsApp Desktop vulnerability

Facebook · WhatsApp Desktop

Vendor fix available · Affected: Facebook WhatsApp Desktop · Exploitation: possible (1 to 10%)

Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.

1.3%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
70th percentile
050100

Higher than 70% of scored CVEs

9.8CriticalCVSS 3.1
LowCrit.

DescriptionCVE.org

The calling logic for WhatsApp for Android prior to v2.21.23, WhatsApp Business for Android prior to v2.21.23, WhatsApp for iOS prior to v2.21.230, WhatsApp Business for iOS prior to v2.21.230, WhatsApp for KaiOS prior to v2.2143, WhatsApp Desktop prior to v2.2146 could have allowed an out-of-bounds write if a user makes a 1:1 call to a malicious actor.

Affected products6

From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.

  • Facebook · WhatsApp Desktopbefore v2.2146
  • Facebook · WhatsApp for KaiOSbefore v2.2143
  • Facebook · WhatsApp Business for iOSbefore v2.21.230
  • Facebook · WhatsApp for iOSbefore v2.21.230
  • Facebook · WhatsApp Business for Androidbefore v2.21.23
  • Facebook · WhatsApp for Androidbefore v2.21.23

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Exploitation
Possible (1 to 10%). EPSS between 1% and 10%.
CISA KEV
Not listed
Public check
No public nuclei template
Vendor
Facebook
Published
January 2022

CoverageNo articles yet

No CyberSIXT article names CVE-2021-24042 yet, so there is no coverage timeline, action brief or change log for it. Everything on this page comes from the public CVE record, CISA KEV, EPSS and the nuclei template index. Search the archive or see the CVEs in the news.

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