{"id":"CVE-2019-11932","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-11932","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T00:58:56.288Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2019-10-03T22:15:10.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:13:52.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve-assign@fb.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-415"],"affected":["whatsapp/whatsapp","android-gif-drawable project/android-gif-drawable"],"epss":{"score":0.4453,"percentile":0.98759,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2019-10-16","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":47515,"kind":"exploit","title":"Whatsapp 2.19.216 - Remote Code Execution","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47515","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/android/remote/47515.cpp","file":"exploits/android/remote/47515.cpp","published":"2019-10-16","added":"2019-10-16","updated":"2019-10-16","author":"Valerio Brussani","type":"remote","platform":"android","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2019-11932"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 44.5%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. 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