CVE-2019-3571 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An input validation issue affected WhatsApp Desktop versions prior to 0.3.3793 which allows malicious clients to send files to users that would be displayed with a wrong extension.

Published: 2019-07-16

Score: 5.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Facebook

WhatsApp Desktop

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0.3.3793`	affected	—
`unspecified`	affected	< 0.3.3793

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:whatsapp:whatsapp:::::desktop:mac_os_x::
	cpe:2.3:a:whatsapp:whatsapp:::::desktop:windows::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2019-13207	An input validation issue affected WhatsApp Desktop versions prior to 0.3.3793 which allows malicious clients to send files to users that would be displayed with a wrong extension.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00237.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2019-3571

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Whatsapp Whatsapp

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: facebook

Published: 2019-07-16T20:16:35.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T19:12:09.515Z

Reserved: 2019-01-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-3571

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-07-16T21:15:11.677

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:42:11.300

Link: CVE-2019-3571

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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