CVE-2020-1906
A buffer overflow in WhatsApp for Android prior to v2.20.130 and WhatsApp Business for Android...
A buffer overflow in WhatsApp for Android prior to v2.20.130 and WhatsApp Business for Android prior to v2.20.46 could have allowed an out-of-bounds write when processing malformed local videos with E-AC-3 audio streams.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
A buffer overflow in WhatsApp for Android prior to v2.20.130 and WhatsApp Business for Android prior to v2.20.46 could have allowed an out-of-bounds write when processing malformed local videos with E-AC-3 audio streams.
- Record
CVE-2020-1906- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 Medium
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-122, CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A buffer overflow in WhatsApp for Android prior to v2.20.130 and WhatsApp Business for Android prior to v2.20.46 could have allowed an out-of-bounds write when processing malformed local videos with E-AC-3 audio streams.
- Record
CVE-2020-1906- Weakness
- CWE-122
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-12732 No score
A buffer overflow in WhatsApp for Android prior to v2.20.130 and WhatsApp Business for Android prior to v2.20.46 could have allowed an out-of-bounds write when processing malformed local videos with E-AC-3 audio streams.
- Record
EUVD-2020-12732- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rr52-7c3x-9vw4 No score
A buffer overflow in WhatsApp for Android prior to v2.20.130 and WhatsApp Business for Android...
A buffer overflow in WhatsApp for Android prior to v2.20.130 and WhatsApp Business for Android prior to v2.20.46 could have allowed an out-of-bounds write when processing malformed local videos with E-AC-3 audio streams.
- Record
GHSA-rr52-7c3x-9vw4- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-1906 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Facebook Whatsapp Business For Android, published October 6, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.31%, the 23rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.