CVE-2019-11927

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-190

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Facebook	WhatsApp for Android	before version 2.19.143
Facebook	WhatsApp for iOS	before version 2.19.100

References

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

Timeline

Published: Sep 27, 2019
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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