WhatsApp has a new very important alert issued for users all over the world, who are affected by a major problem regardless of whether they use phones with iOS or Android operating systems. More precisely, we are talking about a new confirmation of a serious problem that he has messaging application, those from Facebook confirming its existence on the platform.
It seems that this time WhatsApp has managed to confirm the fact that there is a problem in their platform that allows the exploitation of phones with iOS and Android operating systems through a simple video clip sent to people. Those from Facebook published including a warning regarding this new vulnerability that was discovered for the application, which eliminates any kind of doubt.
This attack carried out against WhatsApp users can block the application, or even the phones, completely, remotely, at the moment that malicious video clip is received in the users' phones. The situation is very serious, since Facebook also issued an alert of this kind, and since WhatsApp is used by so many people, the situation must be taken seriously.
WhatsApp vulnerability on iPhone and Android, how serious is the situation
WhatsApp can be exploited in this way, including to run an unsigned account remotely on iPhone and Android phones, and this is a much greater danger compared to blocking the application. Practically, theoretically, a hacker should be able to run malicious code to do whatever he wants in phones, and all without the user being able to block this.
“A stack-based overflow can be triggered in WhatsApp by sending a specially crafted MP4 file to a WhatsApp user. The issue was present in parsing elementary stream metadata of an MP4 file and could lead to a DoS or RCE. This affects Android versions before 2.19.274, iOS versions before 2.19.100, Enterprise Client versions before 2.25.3, Windows Phone versions before and including 2.18.368, Business versions for Android before 2.19.104 and Business for Versions iOS prior to 2.19.100."
Version 2.19.274 of the WhatsApp application for Android and 2.19.100 for have the problem resolved, as have all others released after them, but any previous version remains vulnerable. Considering what the Facebook company says about this problem, all those who use WhatsApp must check the version installed in their phones.
WhatsApp is a very popular application, and that is precisely why attacks of this kind are so common, but also so dangerous for users all over the world, all the time. In this idea, right now you should open the App Store, or Google Play Store, and update the WhatsApp application to the latest version available for your phones.
