Medium severity · published Oct 6, 2020
CVE-2020-1901
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
5.3
CVSS
1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.0% · higher than 63% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WH
Whatsapp · Whatsapp
before 2.20.91.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1901
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-1901
Vendor Advisory
https://www.whatsapp.com/security/advisories/2020/
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