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.
References
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

History

10 Oct 2023, 13:33

Type Values Removed Values Added
CWE CWE-362
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.0
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
First Time Whatsapp
Whatsapp whatsapp

04 Oct 2023, 20:15

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2023-10-04 20:15

Updated : 2024-02-28 20:33


NVD link : CVE-2023-38538

Mitre link : CVE-2023-38538

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-38538


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Products Affected

whatsapp

  • whatsapp
CWE
CWE-362

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