CVE-2023-38538

low-risk
Published 2023-10-04

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.09% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
5
CVSS 5.0/10 Medium
NETWORK / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Whatsapp

References (2)

Vendor Advisory https://www.whatsapp.com/security/advisories/2023/
Vendor Advisory https://www.whatsapp.com/security/advisories/2023/
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low-risk
Severity 16/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal