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ghsa-hp4v-q7qc-45wr

Vulnerability from github

Published

2025-04-07 15:31

Modified

2025-04-09 18:30

Severity ?

6.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

Details

A spoofing issue in WhatsApp for Windows prior to version 2.2450.6 displayed attachments according to their MIME type but selected the file opening handler based on the attachment’s filename extension. A maliciously crafted mismatch could have caused the recipient to inadvertently execute arbitrary code rather than view the attachment when manually opening the attachment inside WhatsApp.

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  "modified": "2025-04-09T18:30:49Z",
  "published": "2025-04-07T15:31:10Z",
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}

CVE-2025-30401 (GCVE-0-2025-30401)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2025-04-05 11:47

Modified

2025-04-09 17:19

Severity ?

6.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

CWE

CWE-430

Summary

A spoofing issue in WhatsApp for Windows prior to version 2.2450.6 displayed attachments according to their MIME type but selected the file opening handler based on the attachment’s filename extension. A maliciously crafted mismatch could have caused the recipient to inadvertently execute arbitrary code rather than view the attachment when manually opening the attachment inside WhatsApp. We have not seen evidence of exploitation in the wild.

References

URL

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	https://www.facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2025-30401	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	https://www.whatsapp.com/security/advisories/2025/	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Facebook	WhatsApp Desktop for Windows	Version: 0.0.0 ≤

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