CVE-2025-55179
Incomplete validation of rich response messages in WhatsApp for iOS prior to v2.25.23.73, WhatsApp Business for iOS v2.25.23.82, and WhatsApp for Mac v2.25.23.83 could have allowed a user to trigger processing of media content from an arbitrary URL on…
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Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.17%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Incomplete validation of rich response messages in WhatsApp for iOS prior to v2.25.23.73, WhatsApp Business for iOS v2.25.23.82, and WhatsApp for Mac v2.25.23.83 could have allowed a user to trigger processing of media content from an arbitrary URL on another user’s device. We have not seen evidence of exploitation in the wild.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.17% probability · 7th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- whatsapp/whatsapp · whatsapp/whatsapp business
- Source
- cve-assign@fb.com
References
- https://www.facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2025-55179Vendor Advisory
- https://www.whatsapp.com/security/advisories/2025/Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.