Double Free in Android-Gif-Drawable Project
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 execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service when the library is used to parse a specially crafted GIF image.
Vulnerability class: Double Free
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.445 (98.7th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 99th percentile — 98.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.445 · newest: 0.445 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Android-Gif-Drawable Project
- Koral-- Android-Gif-Drawable — versions unspecified
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2019-11932 (Third Party Advisory)
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/154867/Whatsapp-2.19.216-Remote-Code-Execution.ht… (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/koral--/android-gif-drawable/pull/673/commits/4944c92761e0a14f04868c… (Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/koral--/android-gif-drawable/pull/673 (Third Party Advisory)
- awakened1712.github.io/hacking/hacking-whatsapp-gif-rce/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Nov/27 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- gist.github.com/wdormann/874198c1bd29c7dd2157d9fc1d858263 (Third Party Advisory)
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/158306/WhatsApp-android-gif-drawable-Double-Free… (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/koral--/android-gif-drawable/commit/cc5b4f8e43463995a84efd594f89a21f… (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-11932?
- CVE-2019-11932 is a high-severity vulnerability in Android-Gif-Drawable Project, classified under Double Free. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-10-03.
- How severe is CVE-2019-11932?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2019-11932 known to be exploited?
- 62 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.