CVE-2019-3568
CRITICAL KEVWhatsApp < 2.19.134 and WhatsApp Business < 2.19.51 - Remote Code Execution via RTCP Packets
Title source: llmExploitation Summary
CVE-2019-3568 is actively exploited and listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, added April 19, 2022.
Description
A buffer overflow vulnerability in WhatsApp VOIP stack allowed remote code execution via specially crafted series of RTCP packets sent to a target phone number. The issue affects WhatsApp for Android prior to v2.19.134, WhatsApp Business for Android prior to v2.19.44, WhatsApp for iOS prior to v2.19.51, WhatsApp Business for iOS prior to v2.19.51, WhatsApp for Windows Phone prior to v2.18.348, and WhatsApp for Tizen prior to v2.18.15.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2019-3568
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108329
US Government Resource
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-3568
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.4737
EPSS Percentile
97.8%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
active
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
total
Details
CISA KEV
2022-04-19
VulnCheck KEV
2019-05-13
InTheWild.io
2019-05-13
ENISA EUVD
EUVD-2019-13204
CWE
CWE-122
CWE-787
Status
published
Products (6)
whatsapp/whatsapp
< 2.18.15
whatsapp/whatsapp
< 2.18.348
whatsapp/whatsapp
< 2.19.134
whatsapp/whatsapp
< 2.19.51
whatsapp/whatsapp_business
< 2.19.44
whatsapp/whatsapp_business
< 2.19.51
Published
May 14, 2019
KEV Added
Apr 19, 2022
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026