The most popular instant messaging app of all has proven to be quite secure. Although it has become common for Android security flaws to be discovered from time to time (such as the ALHACK exploit or the one recently discovered by Microsoft), news of this type related to WhatsApp has become infrequent.
In fact, you had to go back to 2019 to find the last time a vulnerability was detected in the application. Well, three years later, WhatsApp has once again been affected by a security flaw that allows attackers to take control of the mobile through a video call . do you want to know what is it about? Well, stay with us to tell you all the details of this news.
A vulnerability allows your mobile to be hacked with a WhatsApp video call
WhatsApp has revealed on its official blog the discovery of this security flaw that affects older versions of its application for Android and iOS . Identified as “CVE-2022-36934”, this vulnerability consists of an “Integer Overflow” or “ Integer Overflow” code error that can be exploited by hackers to execute malicious code remotely.
Said programming error is accessible through the video call function. Thus, through it, hackers can remotely install malicious files on the victim’s mobile , such as malware or viruses. However, from WhatsApp they also mentioned that not all versions of their app are affected by this bug, only the following:
- WhatsApp for Android , versions prior to v2.22.16.12 and WhatsApp Business, versions prior to v2.22.16.12.
- WhatsApp for iOS , versions prior to v2.22.16.12 and WhatsApp Business, versions prior to v2.22.16.12.
If you have any of these old versions of the WhatsApp application, all you have to do is update to the latest version to avoid falling victim to this bug . Don’t know how to do it? Well, here below we leave you a tutorial on how to have the latest version of your apps using Google Play.
