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CVE-2020-1903 Details

Description

An issue when unzipping docx, pptx, and xlsx documents in WhatsApp for iOS prior to v2.20.61 and WhatsApp Business for iOS prior to v2.20.61 could have resulted in an out-of-memory denial of service. This issue would have required the receiver to explicitly open the attachment if it was received from a number not in the receiver's WhatsApp contacts.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://www.whatsapp.com/security/advisories/2020/ CVEVendor Advisory
https://www.whatsapp.com/security/advisories/2020/ [email protected]Vendor Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource Consumption[email protected]
CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource Consumption[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
whatsapp whatsapp
< 2.20.61

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:whatsapp:whatsapp:*:*:*:*:*:iphone_os:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
whatsapp whatsapp business
< 2.20.61

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:whatsapp:whatsapp_business:*:*:*:*:*:iphone_os:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

4 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2020-1903
NVD Published Date:
Oct 6, 2020
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]