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CVE-2019-13720: Google Chrome WebAudio Use-After-Free Vulnerability

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2022-05-23
• EPSS: 49.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-11-25 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-416

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.

Affected products

• Google Chrome: before 78.0.3904.87 — fixed in 78.0.3904.87
• openSUSE Leap: 15.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 78.0.3904.87. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00022.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167066/Google-Chrome-78.0.3904.70-Remote-Code-Execution.html
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_31.html
• https://crbug.com/1019226
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-04
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00022.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167066/Google-Chrome-78.0.3904.70-Remote-Code-Execution.html
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_31.html
• https://crbug.com/1019226
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-04
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-13720

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