CVE-2019-11927

HIGH

WhatsApp <2.19.143-2.19.100 - Memory Corruption

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An integer overflow in WhatsApp media parsing libraries allows a remote attacker to perform an out-of-bounds write on the heap via specially-crafted EXIF tags in WEBP images. This issue affects WhatsApp for Android before version 2.19.143 and WhatsApp for iOS before version 2.19.100.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2019-11927

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0093
EPSS Percentile 56.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-190
Status published
Products (2)
whatsapp/whatsapp < 2.19.100
whatsapp/whatsapp < 2.9.143
Published Sep 27, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026