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CVE-2019-13768

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-01-02 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-416

Description

Use after free in FileAPI in Google Chrome prior to 72.0.3626.81 allowed a remote attacker to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chrome security severity: High)

Affected products

• Google Chrome: before 72.0.3626.81 — fixed in 72.0.3626.81

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 72.0.3626.81. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
• https://crbug.com/922677
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
• https://crbug.com/922677

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