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Fencer Vulns
high 8.8

CVE-2019-11932 in the critical feed json

android-gif-drawable Double Free vulnerability

published 2019-10-03 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-x534-j49x-mqvj , EUVD-2022-5880

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
44.5%
EPSS 44.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • maven pl.droidsonroids.gif:android-gif-drawable 1.2.18
  • koral-- android-gif-drawable 1.2.18

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-47515)

Exploit prediction

44.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-47515 Whatsapp 2.19.216 - Remote Code Execution remote, 2019-10-16
  • awakened1712.github.io https://awakened1712.github.io/hacking/hacking-whatsapp-gif-rce/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
GitHub 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven pl.droidsonroids.gif:android-gif-drawable
<1.2.18
1.2.18

Affected products

  • koral-- android-gif-drawable

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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