CVE-2019-13720

8.8 HIGH CISA KEV - Actively Exploited
Published: November 25, 2019 Modified: October 24, 2025

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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00022.html
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167066/Google-Chrome-78.0.3904.70-Remote-Code-Execution.html
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://crbug.com/1019226
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
Permissions Required
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-04
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00022.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167066/Google-Chrome-78.0.3904.70-Remote-Code-Execution.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_31.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://crbug.com/1019226
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Permissions Required
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-04
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-13720
Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
US Government Resource

11 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
8.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
89.7%
100th percentile
Exploitation Status
Actively Exploited
Remediation due: 2022-06-13

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

google opensuse