CVE-2019-11932 — A double free vulnerability in the DDGifSlurp function in decoding

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

01What is this vulnerability?

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.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
koral--	android	gif-drawable — unspecified

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2019-10-03T21:13:47.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T23:10:29.690Z

09References

• www.facebook.com — https://www.facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2019-11932
• packetstormsecurity.com — http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154867/Whatsapp-2.19.216-Remote-Code-Execut…
• github.com — https://github.com/koral--/android-gif-drawable/pull/673/commits/4944c92761e0a14…
• github.com — https://github.com/koral--/android-gif-drawable/pull/673
• awakened1712.github.io — https://awakened1712.github.io/hacking/hacking-whatsapp-gif-rce/
• seclists.org — http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Nov/27
• gist.github.com — https://gist.github.com/wdormann/874198c1bd29c7dd2157d9fc1d858263
• packetstormsecurity.com — http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158306/WhatsApp-android-gif-drawable-Double…
• github.com — https://github.com/koral--/android-gif-drawable/commit/cc5b4f8e43463995a84efd594…