CVE-2020-25900

Excessive GPS Precision Disclosure in HelloTalk

Published Jun 5, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 5.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
HelloTalk through 3.4.1 stores full-precision GPS coordinates even when the user had intended to share only a country or city. Furthermore, these coordinates are placed into a database on the client of other users. (The client side was changed in 2019 to encrypt that database.)

Remediation

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Advisories

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References
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Hellotalk
Hellotalk hellotalk
Vendors & Products Hellotalk
Hellotalk hellotalk
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Title Excessive GPS Precision Disclosure in HelloTalk
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Description HelloTalk through 3.4.1 stores full-precision GPS coordinates even when the user had intended to share only a country or city. Furthermore, these coordinates are placed into a database on the client of other users. (The client side was changed in 2019 to encrypt that database.)
Weaknesses CWE-359
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Jun 5, 2026, 8:12 PM
Reserved
Sep 24, 2020, 12:00 AM
Status
Deferred
Published
Jun 5, 2026, 3:16 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:07 AM