FKIE_CVE-2025-55177

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-08-29 16:15 - Updated: 2025-10-24 14:14
Severity ?
5.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
Incomplete authorization of linked device synchronization messages in WhatsApp for iOS prior to v2.25.21.73, WhatsApp Business for iOS v2.25.21.78, and WhatsApp for Mac v2.25.21.78 could have allowed an unrelated user to trigger processing of content from an arbitrary URL on a target’s device. We assess that this vulnerability, in combination with an OS-level vulnerability on Apple platforms (CVE-2025-43300), may have been exploited in a sophisticated attack against specific targeted users.
References
cve-assign@fb.comhttps://www.facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2025-55177Vendor Advisory
cve-assign@fb.comhttps://www.whatsapp.com/security/advisories/2025/Vendor Advisory
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-55177US Government Resource
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
whatsapp whatsapp *
whatsapp whatsapp *
whatsapp whatsapp_business *
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