Whatsapp: community verdicts

3 notable / known-exploited Whatsapp CVEs the community has triaged.

ⓘ Not an exhaustive list: we focus on the findings that matter (exploited / notable). For every Whatsapp CVE, see NVD ↗.

Tracked Whatsapp CVEs by year published3 tracked · select a year for details

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Year published	CVEs	In CISA KEV
2019	1	1
2020	1	1
2021	0	0
2022	0	0
2023	0	0
2024	0	0
2025	1	1

Exploitation first, with newly exploited CVEs rising above old ones

CVE-2019-18426HIGH 8.2KEVEPSS 68%
A vulnerability in WhatsApp Desktop versions prior to 0.3.9309 when paired with WhatsApp for iPhone versions prior to 2.20.10 allows cross-site scripting and local file reading. Exploiting the vulnerability requires the victim to click a link preview from a specially crafted text message.
CVE-2019-3568CRIT 9.8KEVEPSS 30%
A buffer overflow vulnerability in WhatsApp VOIP stack allowed remote code execution via specially crafted series of RTCP packets sent to a target phone number. The issue affects WhatsApp for Android prior to v2.19.134, WhatsApp Business for Android prior to v2.19.44, WhatsApp for iOS prior to v2.19.51, WhatsApp Business for iOS prior to v2.19.51, WhatsApp for Windows Phone prior to v2.18.348, and WhatsApp for Tizen prior to v2.18.15.
CVE-2025-55177MED 5.4KEVEPSS 14%
Incomplete authorization of linked device synchronization messages in WhatsApp for iOS prior to v2.25.21.73, WhatsApp Business for iOS v2.25.21.78, and WhatsApp for Mac v2.25.21.78 could have allowed an unrelated user to trigger processing of content from an arbitrary URL on a target’s device. We assess that this vulnerability, in combination with an OS-level vulnerability on Apple platforms (CVE-2025-43300), may have been exploited in a sophisticated attack against specific targeted users.