Whatsapp fixes had a bug which is potential to hackers!

Whatsapp has fixed a bug in its mobile apps on Android and iOS that could potentially allow hackers to crash the app during a call. A security researcher had discovered and reported the flaw to WhatsApp back in August. The company has now fixed the potentially serious issue and the details are now in the public domain. The researcher has explained the vulnerability as a "memory corruption bug in WhatsApp s non-WebRTC video conferencing implementation." This essentially means that the flaw left WhatsApp users vulnerable during video calls on the app.

Natalie Silvanovich, a researcher in Google s Project Zero security research team and a Tamagotchi hacker first spotted the WhatsApp vulnerability. In a bug report, Silvanovich says, "Heap corruption can occur when the WhatsApp mobile application receives a malformed RTP packet." The malformed packet that triggers the crash could be sent through a call request. She adds, "This issue can occur when a WhatsApp user accepts a call from a malicious peer."