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Vulnerability record

CVE-2019-13720

Google Chrome WebAudio Use-After-Free Vulnerability

HighExploitation confirmedCISA KEV
What should I do?

This vulnerability is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: attackers are using it. If you run Chrome WebAudio, fix it now.

CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

US federal civilian agencies must remediate by Jun 13, 2022.

Patch status

No official fix confirmed yet

Until a fix ships, follow the vendor's mitigations and CISA's required action, limit exposure of affected systems, and watch this record for a patch.

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.

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database. Official vulnerability data, reproduced as published.

Affected products

ProductVendorAffected versionsFixed inSource
ChromeGoogle< 78.0.3904.8778.0.3904.87NVD
Chrome WebAudioGoogle——KEV

Sources: NVD = NIST National Vulnerability Database; KEV = CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Intelligence timeline

Developments from the last 30 days, newest first.

  1. CVSS scoredUpdateKEV

    CVE-2019-13720 scored CVSS 8.8: Google Chrome WebAudio, Google Chrome WebAudio Use-After-Free Vulnerability

    CISA lists this as exploited in the wild. Unpatched Chrome WebAudio systems are exposed to active attacks now.

    Basis: NIST National Vulnerability Database

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