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High 8.8Known exploited (CISA KEV)Published Nov 25, 2019
CVE-2019-13720Use 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.
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CISA lists it as known exploited since May 23, 2022; federal agencies had to remediate by Jun 13, 2022. Treat that date as your deadline.
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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
- 8.8 HIGH (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-416
- Known exploited
- Added to CISA KEV May 23, 2022; federal remediation due Jun 13, 2022Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 49.42% (percentile 99)
- Assigned by
- Chrome
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Oct 21, 2025
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Google Chrome google:chrome (from the name) | from unspecified before 78.0.3904.87 | CNA record |
google chrome google:chrome | before 78.0.3904.87 | NVD |
opensuse leap opensuse:leap | 15.1 | NVD |
References
- https://crbug.com/1019226x-refsource-misc, permissions-required
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_31.htmlx-refsource-misc, vendor-advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00022.htmlvendor-advisory, x-refsource-suse, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-04vendor-advisory, x-refsource-gentoo, third-party-advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167066/Google-Chrome-78.0.3904.70-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlx-refsource-misc, exploit, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-13720us-government-resource
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