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CVE-2019-11932

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: October 3, 2019 at 09:13 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:13 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsWhatsAppAndroid Gif DrawableAndroid Gif Drawable

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 45%

Description

A double free vulnerability in the DDGifSlurp function in decoding.c in the android-gif-drawable library before version 1.2.18, as used in WhatsApp for Android before version 2.19.244 and many other Android applications, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service when the library is used to parse a specially crafted GIF image.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Android Gif Drawable· Android Gif Drawable Project
95%
v < 1.2.18
Affected range stops below 1.2.18, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
WhatsApp· Whatsapp
95%
v < 2.19.244
Affected range stops below 2.19.244, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Android Gif Drawable· Koral
60%
v < 1.2.18
Affected range stops below 1.2.18, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

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Patch and advisory references

References (9)

x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154867/Whatsapp-2.19.216-Remote-Code-Execution.html
x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158306/WhatsApp-android-gif-drawable-Double-Free.html
Mailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Nov/27
x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://awakened1712.github.io/hacking/hacking-whatsapp-gif-rce/
x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://gist.github.com/wdormann/874198c1bd29c7dd2157d9fc1d858263
x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/koral--/android-gif-drawable/commit/cc5b4f8e43463995a84efd594f89a21f906c2d20
x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/koral--/android-gif-drawable/pull/673
x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/koral--/android-gif-drawable/pull/673/commits/4944c92761e0a14f04868cbcf4f4e86fd4b7a4a9

CVSS

8.8HIGH[email protected]
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-415

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