CVE-2021-24042

highpriority · track · 39EPSS 0.012 · 69 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.24% (69th) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

10 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

The calling logic for WhatsApp for Android prior to v2.21.23, WhatsApp Business for Android prior to v2.21.23, WhatsApp for iOS prior to v2.21.230, WhatsApp Business for iOS prior to v2.21.230, WhatsApp for KaiOS prior to v2.2143, WhatsApp Desktop prior to v2.2146 could have allowed an out-of-bounds write if a user makes a 1:1 call to a malicious actor.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 6.4

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9

v3.19criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-787USprimaryCWE-122US

affected products (10)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Facebook WhatsApp Business for Androidunspecified → v2.21.23enisa_euvdEU
Facebook WhatsApp Business for iOSunspecified → v2.21.230enisa_euvdEU
Facebook WhatsApp Desktopunspecified → v2.2146enisa_euvdEU
Facebook WhatsApp for Androidunspecified → v2.21.23enisa_euvdEU
Facebook WhatsApp for KaiOSunspecified → v2.2143enisa_euvdEU
Facebook WhatsApp for iOSunspecified → v2.21.230enisa_euvdEU
whatsapp whatsapp< 2.21.23nvdUScpe:2.3:a:whatsapp:whatsapp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
whatsapp whatsapp< 2.21.230nvdUScpe:2.3:a:whatsapp:whatsapp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
whatsapp whatsapp< 2.2143nvdUScpe:2.3:a:whatsapp:whatsapp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
whatsapp whatsapp< 2.2146nvdUScpe:2.3:a:whatsapp:whatsapp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2022-01-04modified 2026-06-17

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references (4)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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