PT-2019-16619 · Whatsapp · Whatsapp Desktop

Published 2019-07-16 · Updated 2019-10-09 · CVE-2019-3571

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WhatsApp Desktop versions prior to 0.3.3793

Description An input validation issue allows malicious clients to send files to users that would be displayed with a wrong extension.

Recommendations For versions prior to 0.3.3793, update to version 0.3.3793 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

RCE

Information Disclosure

Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

CWE-200

CWE-116

Related Identifiers

BDU:2019-03549

CVE-2019-3571

Affected Products

Whatsapp Desktop

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9700 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3571 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-03549 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-3571 · Vendor Advisory
• https://facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2019-3571 · Note
• https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2019-3571 · Note