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…
- 8.8HighCVSS base score
- 44.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Whatsapp 2.19.216 - Remote Code Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 47515remote, androidpublished 16 Oct 2019Not verified
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Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 44.5% · top 1.2% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Affected products
koral-- · android-gif-drawable
- affected unspecified – < 1.2.18
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenpl.droidsonroids.gif:android-gif-drawableGHSA-x534-j49x-mqvj (opens in a new tab)
References
References9
- https://www.facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2019-11932 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154867/Whatsapp-2.19.216-Remote-Code-Execution.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/koral--/android-gif-drawable/pull/673/commits/4944c92761e0a14f04868cbcf4f4e86fd4b7a4a9 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/koral--/android-gif-drawable/pull/673 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://awakened1712.github.io/hacking/hacking-whatsapp-gif-rce/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20191126 CVE-2019-11932 (double free in libpl_droidsonroids_gif) many apps vulnerable (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- https://gist.github.com/wdormann/874198c1bd29c7dd2157d9fc1d858263 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158306/WhatsApp-android-gif-drawable-Double-Free.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/koral--/android-gif-drawable/commit/cc5b4f8e43463995a84efd594f89a21f906c2d20 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-5880 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-x534-j49x-mqvj (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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