CVE-2019-13720
Google Chrome WebAudio Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 13 June 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
Use after free in WebAudio in Google Chrome prior to 78.0.3904.87 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 49.42% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 11 May 2022
- CISA KEV
- Listed 23 May 2022 · due 13 June 2022
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- google/chrome · opensuse/leap
- Source
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com
EPSS moved from 49.1% on 24 September 2026 to 49.4% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
CISA notes
Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-13720
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00022.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167066/Google-Chrome-78.0.3904.70-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_31.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://crbug.com/1019226Permissions Required
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-04Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00022.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167066/Google-Chrome-78.0.3904.70-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_31.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://crbug.com/1019226Permissions Required
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-04Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-13720US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.