Google Chrome WebAudio Use-After-Free Vulnerability

HIGH 8.8EXPLOITED (CISA KEV)CVE-2019-13720 · Published 25/11/2019 · updated 17/06/2026

Google Chrome WebAudio Use-After-Free Vulnerability. Actively exploited: CISA added this vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 23/05/2022. Patch affected systems as an emergency.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
chrome google	`< 78.0.3904.87`	`78.0.3904.87`

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.

References

lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00022.html · Mailing List
packetstormsecurity.com/files/167066/Google-Chrome-78.0.3904.70-Remote-Code-Execution.html · Exploit
chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_31.html · Vendor Advisory
crbug.com/1019226 · Permissions Required
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-04 · Third Party Advisory
cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog · US Government Resource
CISA KEV · CVE-2019-13720

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