What is CVE-2019-11927?

CVE-2019-11927 is a high-severity vulnerability in Facebook Whatsapp For Android, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-09-27.

How severe is CVE-2019-11927?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Integer overflow in Facebook Whatsapp For Android

CVE-2019-11927

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…

Vulnerability class: Integer Overflow

EPSS: 0.009 (56.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Facebook Whatsapp For Android — versions before version 2.19.143
Facebook Whatsapp For Ios — versions before version 2.19.100
Whatsapp

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-190 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

cve-assign@fb.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-11927?: CVE-2019-11927 is a high-severity vulnerability in Facebook Whatsapp For Android, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-09-27.
How severe is CVE-2019-11927?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.