01 Record
CVE-2018-6349
When receiving calls using WhatsApp for Android, a missing size check when parsing a sender-provided packet allowed for a stack-based overflow. This issue affects WhatsApp for Android prior to
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: facebook
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
When receiving calls using WhatsApp for Android, a missing size check when parsing a sender-provided packet allowed for a stack-based overflow. This issue affects WhatsApp for Android prior to
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.23% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 82.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2019-06-14 17:02Z7 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 06:01Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2018-01-26
- Assigning CNA
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- e2d1791cbfa6d0e6221521a65ca63584a53bdaa2092949f55a73ae92dda687fb
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.facebook.comhttps://www.facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2018-6349/
- www.securityfocus.com108804http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108804