WhatsApp bug lets hackers crash your app with one message

[Hanno Labuschagne]

WhatsApp bug lets hackers crash your app with one message

A recently-discovered WhatsApp security vulnerability can make the app unusable, according to security researchers at Check Point.

The issue affects both Android and iOS versions of WhatsApp.

Using a debugging tool in the browser version of WhatsApp, malicious actors can manipulate the WhatsApp protocol and create a specially-crafted message.

The exploit is then performed by sending this message to a group chat. Once opened, the message causes the recipient's app to crash.

 

[Heisenborg]

Slow clap....

 

[Johnatan56]

We're at 2.19.360, I think it's been a couple of months since that has been fixed.

Still typical of Facebook to fail scrubbing.

 

[The_Ogre]

We're at 2.19.360, I think it's been a couple of months since that has been fixed.

Still typical of Facebook to fail scrubbing.

I'm on 2.19.368

 

[Johnatan56]

I'm on 2.19.368

Yeah, Google Play store doesn't roll out the update to everyone at the same time, I'm still on the 6th of December update.