CVE-2025-55179

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Publication date: 2025-11-18

Last updated on: 2025-11-25

Assigner: Facebook, Inc.

Description

Incomplete validation of rich response messages in WhatsApp for iOS prior to v2.25.23.73, WhatsApp Business for iOS v2.25.23.82, and WhatsApp for Mac v2.25.23.83 could have allowed a user to trigger processing of media content from an arbitrary URL on another user’s device. We have not seen evidence of exploitation in the wild.

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Meta Information

Published

2025-11-18

Last Modified

2025-11-25

Generated

2026-07-06

AI Q&A

2025-11-18

EPSS Evaluated

2026-07-05

NVD

CVE-2025-55179

EUVD

EUVD-2025-197992

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendor	Product	Version / Range
whatsapp	whatsapp	From 2.25.8.14 (inc) to 2.25.23.83 (exc)
whatsapp	whatsapp	From 2.25.8.17 (inc) to 2.25.23.73 (exc)
whatsapp	whatsapp_business	From 2.25.8.14 (inc) to 2.25.23.82 (exc)

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Exploitability

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CWE ID	Description
CWE-NVD-CWE-noinfo

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Executive Summary

This vulnerability involves incomplete validation of rich response messages in certain versions of WhatsApp for iOS and Mac. It could allow a user to cause another user's device to process media content from an arbitrary URL, potentially without proper authorization or user interaction.

Impact Analysis

The vulnerability could allow an attacker to trigger processing of media content from arbitrary URLs on a victim's device, which might lead to unauthorized information disclosure or manipulation of content. However, there is no evidence of exploitation in the wild.

Mitigation Strategies

To mitigate this vulnerability, update WhatsApp for iOS to version 2.25.23.73 or later, WhatsApp Business for iOS to version 2.25.23.82 or later, and WhatsApp for Mac to version 2.25.23.83 or later. These updates contain fixes for the incomplete validation of rich response messages that could allow processing of media content from arbitrary URLs.

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