What is CVE-2020-1901?

CVE-2020-1901 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Facebook Whatsapp For Ios, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-10-06.

How severe is CVE-2020-1901?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Facebook Whatsapp For Ios

CVE-2020-1901

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.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.010 (59.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Facebook Whatsapp For Ios — versions 2.20.91.4, unspecified
Whatsapp

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-1901?: CVE-2020-1901 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Facebook Whatsapp For Ios, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-10-06.
How severe is CVE-2020-1901?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.