Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in WhatsApp for Android and WhatsApp Business for Android

Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in WhatsApp for Android and WhatsApp Business for Android

CVE-2020-1890 · HIGH Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

A URL validation issue in WhatsApp for Android prior to v2.20.11 and WhatsApp Business for Android prior to v2.20.2 could have caused the recipient of a sticker message containing deliberately malformed data to load an image from a sender-controlled URL without user interaction.

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