CVE-2020-1901 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Receiving a large text message containing URLs in WhatsApp for iOS prior to v2.20.91.4 could have caused the application to freeze while processing the message.

Published: 2020-10-06

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 for iOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`2.20.91.4`	affected	—
`unspecified`	affected	< 2.20.91.4

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:whatsapp:whatsapp:*:*:*:*:*:iphone_os:*:*

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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-2020-12727	Receiving a large text message containing URLs in WhatsApp for iOS prior to v2.20.91.4 could have caused the application to freeze while processing the message.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00522.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.whatsapp.com/security/advisories/2020/

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Whatsapp Whatsapp

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: facebook

Published: 2020-10-06T17:35:24.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T06:54:00.462Z

Reserved: 2019-12-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-1901

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-10-06T18:15:15.267

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:11:34.657

Link: CVE-2020-1901

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-400

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