CVE-2019-11932
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…
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 44.5%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 44.53% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 16 October 2019
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-415
- Affected
- whatsapp/whatsapp · android-gif-drawable project/android-gif-drawable
- Source
- cve-assign@fb.com
EPSS 44.5% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154867/Whatsapp-2.19.216-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158306/WhatsApp-android-gif-drawable-Double-Free.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Nov/27Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://awakened1712.github.io/hacking/hacking-whatsapp-gif-rce/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://gist.github.com/wdormann/874198c1bd29c7dd2157d9fc1d858263Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/koral--/android-gif-drawable/commit/cc5b4f8e43463995a84efd594f89a21f906c2d20Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/koral--/android-gif-drawable/pull/673Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/koral--/android-gif-drawable/pull/673/commits/4944c92761e0a14f04868cbcf4f4e86fd4b7a4a9Third Party Advisory
- https://www.facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2019-11932Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154867/Whatsapp-2.19.216-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158306/WhatsApp-android-gif-drawable-Double-Free.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Nov/27Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://awakened1712.github.io/hacking/hacking-whatsapp-gif-rce/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://gist.github.com/wdormann/874198c1bd29c7dd2157d9fc1d858263Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/koral--/android-gif-drawable/commit/cc5b4f8e43463995a84efd594f89a21f906c2d20Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/koral--/android-gif-drawable/pull/673Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/koral--/android-gif-drawable/pull/673/commits/4944c92761e0a14f04868cbcf4f4e86fd4b7a4a9Third Party Advisory
- https://www.facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2019-11932Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.