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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2023-38538

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.

MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 0.20%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.20%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

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.

CVSS 3.1
5.0 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS
0.20% probability · 10th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-362
Affected
whatsapp/whatsapp
Source
cve-assign@fb.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.