android-gif-drawable Double Free vulnerability

HIGH 8.8CVE-2019-11932 · GHSA-x534-j49x-mqvj · Published 03/10/2019 · updated 17/06/2026

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
pl.droidsonroids.gif:android-gif-drawable Maven	`< 1.2.18`	`1.2.18`
android-gif-drawable android-gif-drawable_project	`< 1.2.18`	`1.2.18`
whatsapp whatsapp	`< 2.19.244`	`2.19.244`

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.

NVD description

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11932 · ADVISORY
koral--/android-gif-drawable#673 · WEB
koral--/android-gif-drawable#673 · WEB
koral--/android-gif-drawable commit cc5b4f8 · WEB
awakened1712.github.io/hacking/hacking-whatsapp-gif-rce · WEB
gist.github.com/wdormann/874198c1bd29c7dd2157d9fc1d858263 · WEB
koral--/android-gif-drawable · PACKAGE
facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2019-11932 · WEB
packetstormsecurity.com/files/154867/Whatsapp-2.19.216-Remote-Code-Execution.html · WEB
packetstormsecurity.com/files/158306/WhatsApp-android-gif-drawable-Double-Free.html · WEB
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Nov/27 · WEB
awakened1712.github.io/hacking/hacking-whatsapp-gif-rce · Exploit

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