CVE-2020-1903

5.5 mediumEPSS 0.7%

Medium (5.5) in whatsapp. EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An issue when unzipping docx, pptx, and xlsx documents in WhatsApp for iOS prior to v2.20.61 and WhatsApp Business for iOS prior to v2.20.61 could have resulted in an out-of-memory denial of service. This issue would have required the receiver to explicitly open the attachment if it was received from a number not in the receiver's WhatsApp contacts.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

5.5 medium

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

EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 51% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-400
Published: 2020-10-06
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

whatsapp:whatsapp
whatsapp:whatsapp_business

References

https://www.whatsapp.com/security/advisories/2020/
https://www.whatsapp.com/security/advisories/2020/

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