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Double Free

CVE-2019-11932

High
8.8/10

Summary

A double-free vulnerability in the "DDGifSlurp" function in "decoding.c" in the android-gif-drawable library versions prior to 1.2.18, as used in WhatsApp for Android versions prior to 2.19.244 and many other Android applications, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS) when the library is used to parse a specially crafted GIF image.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-415 - Double Free

The product calls free() twice on the same memory address, potentially leading to modification of unexpected memory locations.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published