CVE-2020-1901
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-10-06 17:35
Modified
2024-08-04 06:54
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
cve-assign@fb.comhttps://www.whatsapp.com/security/advisories/2020/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.whatsapp.com/security/advisories/2020/Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Facebook WhatsApp for iOS Version: 2.20.91.4
Version: unspecified   < 2.20.91.4
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