CVE-2023-38538

A race condition in an event subsystem led to a heap use-after-free issue in established audio/video calls that could have resulted in app termination or unexpected control flow with very low probability.

CVSS v3 5.0 MEDIUM

5.0^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.6 / Impact : 3.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://www.whatsapp.com/security/advisories/2023/	Vendor Advisory
https://www.whatsapp.com/security/advisories/2023/	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:whatsapp:whatsapp:*:*:*:*:desktop:windows:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 08:13

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://www.whatsapp.com/security/advisories/2023/ - Vendor Advisory~~	() https://www.whatsapp.com/security/advisories/2023/ - Vendor Advisory

10 Oct 2023, 13:33

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CWE		CWE-362
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 5.0
First Time		Whatsapp Whatsapp whatsapp
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:whatsapp:whatsapp:::::desktop:windows::
References	~~(MISC) https://www.whatsapp.com/security/advisories/2023/ -~~	(MISC) https://www.whatsapp.com/security/advisories/2023/ - Vendor Advisory

04 Oct 2023, 20:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2023-10-04 20:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 08:13

NVD link : CVE-2023-38538

Mitre link : CVE-2023-38538

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-38538

JSON object : View

Products Affected

whatsapp

whatsapp

CWE

CWE-362

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

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