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CVE-2019-11932

A double free vulnerability in the DDGifSlurp function in decoding.c in the android-gif-drawable library before version

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.

HIGH · CVSS 8.8 EPSS 0.70962
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  • EPSS ≥ 0.50 - high probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
  • EPSS percentile: top 1% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • Public exploit or PoC is available
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-415Double Free
CWE-415Double Free
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Affected Products & Versions

2
whatsapp< 2.19.244
android-gif-drawable project android-gif-drawable< 1.2.18
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Affected Packages

1
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
Maven pl.droidsonroids.gif:android-gif-drawable HIGH fixed in 1.2.18
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Public Exploits & PoCs

4
remoteWhatsapp 2.19.216 - Remote Code Execution2019-10-16
pocpacketstormsecurity.com · Whatsapp-2.19.216-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlpacketstormsecurity.com
pocpacketstormsecurity.com · WhatsApp-android-gif-drawable-Double-Free.htmlpacketstormsecurity.com
pocawakened1712.github.io · hacking-whatsapp-gif-rceawakened1712.github.io
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Scoring & Timeline

8.8
HIGH · CVSS v3.1 · cve-assign@fb.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD03 Oct 2019 · 10:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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References & Sources

6
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Nov/27Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://gist.github.com/wdormann/874198c1bd29c7dd2157d9fc1d858263Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/koral--/android-gif-drawable/commit/cc5b4f8e43463995a84efd594f89a21f906c2d20PatchThird 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
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