CVE-2019-13720
Google Chrome WebAudio Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Google Chrome WebAudioApplications & CMS
CVSS
8.8HighExploit odds (EPSS)49.4%Chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of CVEs. Scored 23 Oct 2026FIRST EPSS
CISA required actionApply updates per vendor instructions. CISA KEV
What fixes it
- 78.0.3904.87ChromeCVE List
A fixed version on one release line is not the upgrade target for every line. Check your exact version and any vendor backports.
Timeline
- 25 Nov 2019, 14:22 UTCPublishedCVE List
- 11 May 2022Exploit code publicExploit-DB
- 23 May 2022Added to CISA KEVCISA KEV
Public exploit code and templates 1
- Remote exploitGoogle Chrome 78.0.3904.70 - Remote Code Execution 11 May 2022Exploit-DB
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Description
Google Chrome WebAudio contains a use-after-free vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
Text from CVE List
Affected versions 1
- Chromeaffected: unspecified before 78.0.3904.87CVE List
References 5
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-04Advisoryvia CVE List
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-13720Referencevia CISA KEV
- crbug.com/1019226Referencevia CVE List
- chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_31.htmlReferencevia CVE List
- cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-13720Referencevia CVE List