CyberRota Analysis
This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.6. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.
CVE
CVE-2018-16132
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.6
EPSS
1.08%
Original NVD Description
The image rendering component (createGenericPreview) of the Open Whisper Signal app through 2.29.0 for iOS fails to check for unreasonably large images before manipulating received images. This allows for a large image sent to a user to exhaust all available memory when the image is displayed, resulting in a forced restart of the device.
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