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CVE-2023-38538

MEDIUM
Published 2023-10-04T19:10:49.627Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
5.0
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.001
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.1% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.268
Higher than 26.8% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
Not Available
Attack Complexity
Not Available
Privileges Required
Not Available
User Interaction
Not Available
Scope
Not Available

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
Not Available
Integrity
Not Available
Availability
Not Available

Description

A race condition in an event subsystem led to a heap use-after-free issue in established audio/video calls that could have resulted in app termination or unexpected control flow with very low probability.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

Facebook

WhatsApp Desktop for Mac

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0
Facebook

WhatsApp Desktop for Windows

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0
Facebook

WhatsApp Business for iOS

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0
Facebook

WhatsApp for iOS

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0
Facebook

WhatsApp Business for Android

Affected Versions:

0
Facebook

WhatsApp for Android

Affected Versions:

0

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed MODERATE

GHSA-hr72-3p79-rchw

Advisory Details

A race condition in an event subsystem led to a heap use-after-free issue in established audio/video calls that could have resulted in app termination or unexpected control flow with very low probability.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

5.0

CVSS Vector

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

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38538
WEB https://www.whatsapp.com/security/advisories/2023

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: October 4, 2023, Modified: April 4, 2024

References

https://www.whatsapp.com/security/advisories/2023/
Published: 2023-10-04T19:10:49.627Z
Last Modified: 2024-09-19T15:27:48.295Z
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