Vulnerabilites related to Facebook - WhatsApp Desktop for Mac
CVE-2023-38538 (GCVE-0-2023-38538)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-10-04 19:10
Modified
2024-09-19 15:27
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
Summary
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
| ▼ | URL | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://www.whatsapp.com/security/advisories/2023/ | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ▼ | WhatsApp Desktop for Mac |
Version: 0 ≤ |
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CVE-2025-55177 (GCVE-0-2025-55177)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-08-29 15:50
Modified
2025-09-02 16:20
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863)
Summary
Incomplete authorization of linked device synchronization messages in WhatsApp for iOS prior to v2.25.21.73, WhatsApp Business for iOS v2.25.21.78, and WhatsApp for Mac v2.25.21.78 could have allowed an unrelated user to trigger processing of content from an arbitrary URL on a target’s device. We assess that this vulnerability, in combination with an OS-level vulnerability on Apple platforms (CVE-2025-43300), may have been exploited in a sophisticated attack against specific targeted users.
References
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|---|---|---|
| https://www.facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2025-55177 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://www.whatsapp.com/security/advisories/2025/ | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
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CVE-2023-38537 (GCVE-0-2023-38537)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-10-04 19:09
Modified
2024-09-19 15:27
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
Summary
A race condition in a network transport subsystem led to a heap use-after-free issue in established or unsilenced incoming audio/video calls that could have resulted in app termination or unexpected control flow with very low probability.
References
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|---|---|---|
| https://www.whatsapp.com/security/advisories/2023/ | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
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