Country’s cyber safety company CERT-In has cautioned WhatsApp customers about sure vulnerabilities detected within the common prompt messaging app that might result in breach of delicate info.
A “high” severity score advisory issued by the CERT-In, or the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team, stated the vulnerability has been detected in software program that has “WhatsApp and WhatsApp Business for Android prior to v2.21.4.18 and WhatsApp and WhatsApp Business for iOS prior to v2.21.32.”
The v2.21.4.18 and v2.21.32 denotes the variations of the WhatsApp messenger which might be downloaded by customers for utilizing the platform on their cell or pc units.
The CERT-In is the nationwide know-how arm to fight cyber assaults and guarding the Indian cyber area.
“Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in WhatsApp applications which could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or access sensitive information on a targeted system,” the advisory issued on Saturday stated.
Describing the danger intimately, it stated that these vulnerabilities “exist in WhatsApp applications due to a cache configuration issue and missing bounds check within the audio decoding pipeline.”
“Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code or access sensitive information on a targeted system,” it stated.
The advisory added that customers of the app ought to replace the newest model of WhatsApp from Google Play Store or iOS App Store to counter the vulnerability risk.
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