High severity · published Nov 25, 2019
CVE-2019-13720
Google Chrome WebAudio Use-After-Free Vulnerability
In wildKEV
8.8
CVSS
49.4%
EPSS
Yes
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)49.4% · higher than 99% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildYes
CISA KEVListed May 23, 2022
Federal remediation dueJun 13, 2022
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CH
Chrome · Google
before 78.0.3904.87 · source: vendor, NVD
LE
Leap · Opensuse
15.1 · source: NVD
CW
Chrome WebAudio · Google
All versions, or not specified · source: KEV
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-13720
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-13720
CISA KEV catalogue
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
x_refsource_MISC
https://crbug.com/1019226
x_refsource_MISC
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_31.html
vendor-advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00022.html
vendor-advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-04
x_refsource_MISC
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167066/Google-Chrome-78.0.3904.70-Remote-Code-Execution.html
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