Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-24043

Critical

Published: 02 February 2022

Published
02 February 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 9.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0057 68.9th percentile
Risk Priority 19 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-24043 is a critical-severity Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125) vulnerability in Whatsapp Whatsapp. Its CVSS base score is 9.1 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 31.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A missing bound check in RTCP flag parsing code prior to WhatsApp for Android v2.21.23.2, WhatsApp Business for Android v2.21.23.2, WhatsApp for iOS v2.21.230.6, WhatsApp Business for iOS 2.21.230.7, and WhatsApp Desktop v2.2145.0 could have allowed an out-of-bounds heap read…

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if a user sent a malformed RTCP packet during an established call.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

whatsapp
whatsapp
2.21.23.2, 2.21.230.6, 2.2145.0
whatsapp
whatsapp business
2.21.23.2, 2.21.230.7

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References