Skip to content
CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORDUnscored

CVE-2019-3566

A bug in WhatsApp for Android's messaging logic would potentially allow a malicious individual who has taken over over a WhatsApp user's account to recover previously sent messages

Read JSON ↗CVE.org ↗
Status
Published
Published
Updated
Assigning organization
facebook

Description

A bug in WhatsApp for Android's messaging logic would potentially allow a malicious individual who has taken over over a WhatsApp user's account to recover previously sent messages. This behavior requires independent knowledge of metadata for previous messages, which are not available publicly. This issue affects WhatsApp for Android 2.19.52 and 2.19.54 - 2.19.103, as well as WhatsApp Business for Android starting in v2.19.22 until v2.19.38.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Facebook WhatsApp for Android

  • 2.19.104affected
  • 2.19.54 to < unspecifiedaffected
  • 2.19.52affected

Facebook WhatsApp Business for Android

  • 2.19.38affected
  • 2.19.22 to < unspecifiedaffected

References