CVE-2018-6339

CVSS V2 High 7.5 CVSS V3 Critical 9.8
Description
When receiving calls using WhatsApp on Android, a stack allocation failed to properly account for the amount of data being passed in. An off-by-one error meant that data was written beyond the allocated space on the stack. This issue affects WhatsApp for Android starting in version 2.18.180 and was fixed in version 2.18.295. It also affects WhatsApp Business for Android starting in version v2.18.103 and was fixed in version v2.18.150.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-6339
  • Assigner
  • cve-assign@fb.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2019-06-14T17:29:02
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-10-09T23:41:46
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:whatsapp:whatsapp:*:*:*:*:business:android:*:* 1 OR 2.18.103 2.18.150
cpe:2.3:a:whatsapp:whatsapp:*:*:*:*:*:android:*:* 1 OR 2.18.180 2.18.295
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 9.8
  • Base Severity
  • CRITICAL
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2018-6339/ Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6339
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6339
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:03:52 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 22:07:44 2019-06-14T17:29Z 2019-06-14T17:29:02 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 22:07:44 2019-10-09T23:41:46 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 22:07:44 Modified Vulnerability Status updated