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CVE-2019-13720 kev in the critical feed json

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 cr…

published 2019-11-25 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-5139

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Exploited
added 2022-05-23
epss
49.4%
EPSS 49.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

cisa required action Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  • Google Chrome 78.0.3904.87
  • chromium Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 78.0.3904.87-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-13720

  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 78.0.3904.97-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 78.0.3904.97-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-13720

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • chromium-browser RHEL 6 EXTRAS 78.0.3904.87-1.el6_10

red hat advisories RHSA-2019:3775

  • chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 93.0.4577.82-1.1
  • chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 113.0.5672.92-1.1
  • opera openSUSE Leap 15.1 NonFree 65.0.3467.62-lp151.2.9.1
  • chromium Package Hub 12 SP3 78.0.3904.87-10.1
  • chromium Package Hub 15 SP1 78.0.3904.87-bp151.3.25.1
  • chromium Package Hub 15 78.0.3904.87-bp150.243.1
  • chromium openSUSE Leap 15.1, openSUSE Leap 15.0 78.0.3904.87-lp151.2.42.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10681-1openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1openSUSE-SU-2019:2664-1openSUSE-SU-2019:2447-1openSUSE-SU-2019:2427-1openSUSE-SU-2019:2426-1

  • chromium Arch Linux 78.0.3904.87-1
  • electron Arch Linux 7.0.1-1

arch linux advisories AVG-1058AVG-1061

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2019-13720 updated cvss 7.5

chromium-browser: use-after-free in audio

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 78.0.3904.87-1.el6_10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 78.0.3904.87-1.el6_10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 78.0.3904.87-1.el6_10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 78.0.3904.87-1.el6_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:3775

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

  1. Found exploited as a 0-day (Project Zero)
  2. 0-day patched (Project Zero)
  3. Published
  4. First public exploit (EDB-50917)
  5. Added to CISA KEV
  6. CISA patch deadline
  7. CISA SSVC: exploitation active

Known exploited

Added
4 y ago
Patch by
2022-06-13 (4 y ago)
Ransomware
Not known
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Vendor, product
Google, Chrome WebAudio
CISA name
Google Chrome WebAudio Use-After-Free Vulnerability

Zero-day

Detected in real attacks while still unknown to the vendor and the public, per Google Project Zero's 0day In-the-Wild tracker.

Found
2019-10-29
Patched
2019-10-31
Details
project zero root cause analysis

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Active, exploited in the wild
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

49.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-50917 Google Chrome 78.0.3904.70 - Remote Code Execution remote, 2022-05-11
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167066/Google-Chrome-78.0.3904.70-Remote-Code-Execution.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • Google Chrome

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.