CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2019-14319

Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

Published: Sep 04, 2019 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
6.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
3.3 LOW
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

The TikTok (formerly Musical.ly) application 12.2.0 for Android and iOS performs unencrypted transmission of images, videos, and likes. This allows an attacker to extract private sensitive information by sniffing network traffic.

Weakness

The product transmits sensitive or security-critical data in cleartext in a communication channel that can be sniffed by unauthorized actors.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Tiktok Tiktok 12.2.0 (including) 12.2.0 (including)
Tiktok Tiktok 12.3.0 (including) 12.3.0 (including)
Tiktok Tiktok 12.4.0 (including) 12.4.0 (including)
Tiktok Tiktok 12.5.0 (including) 12.5.0 (including)
Tiktok Tiktok 12.6.0 (including) 12.6.0 (including)
Tiktok Tiktok 12.6.1 (including) 12.6.1 (including)
Tiktok Tiktok 12.7.0 (including) 12.7.0 (including)
Tiktok Tiktok 12.8.0 (including) 12.8.0 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References