Google · Chrome WebAudio
CVE-2019-13720
Google Chrome WebAudio Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Exploited in attacks
High 8.8 Attack chance: 49%
What it is
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.
CISA: Google Chrome WebAudio contains a use-after-free vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
What to do
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Deadline for US federal agencies: June 13, 2022
- Added to the CISA list
- May 23, 2022
- Published
- November 25, 2019
- Severity
- High 8.8 CVSS 3.1
- Chance of attacks in the next 30 days (EPSS)
- 49% in the top 1.1% of all known vulnerabilities
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- More details
- NVD · CVE.org · CISA
All references (5)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00022.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-04
- https://crbug.com/1019226
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_31.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167066/Google-Chrome-78.0.3904.70-Remote-Code-Execution.html
More exploited flaws from Google
| Added | Vulnerability | Product | Severity | Attack chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 2026 | Unchecked Return Value | Brotli | Critical 9.2 | 55% |
| Sep 16, 2026 | Improper Authorization | Pixel | High 8.8 | 0.6% |
| Sep 9, 2026 | Out of Bounds Write | Chromium V8 | High 8.8 | 3.5% |
| Sep 4, 2026 | Type Confusion | Chromium V8 | High 8.8 | 1.8% |
| Jun 9, 2026 | Out-of-Bounds Read and Write | Chromium V8 | High 8.8 | 2.4% |
| Apr 1, 2026 | Use-After-Free | Dawn | High 8.8 | 14% |
| Mar 13, 2026 | Out-of-Bounds Write | Skia | High 8.8 | 2.3% |
| Mar 13, 2026 | Improper Restriction of Operations Within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer | Chromium V8 | High 8.8 | 2.7% |
Sources: Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (CISA, public domain), CVE records (cve.org) and EPSS (FIRST). The chance of attacks is the EPSS estimate that someone will try to exploit the flaw in the next 30 days.