CVE-2018-6339

9.8 criticalEPSS 1.5%

When receiving calls using WhatsApp on Android, a stack allocation failed to properly account for the amount of data being passed in. An off-by-one error meant that data was written beyond the allocated space on the stack. This issue affects WhatsApp for Android starting in version 2.18.180 and was fixed in version 2.18.295. It also affects WhatsApp Business for Android starting in version v2.18.103 and was fixed in version v2.18.150.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

9.8 critical

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 74% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWEs: CWE-119, CWE-121
Published: 2019-06-14
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

whatsapp:whatsapp
whatsapp:whatsapp_business

References

https://www.facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2018-6339/
https://www.facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2018-6339/

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