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CVE-2019-13720

Exploitation confirmed. First attested on 2022-05-23 by CISA-ADP, CISA KEV, GCVE · kevintel.

  • Published2019-11-25
  • Fixed in78.0.3904.87
  • WeaknessCWE-416

Am I affected?

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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.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2019-11-2515:15CVE publishedNVD
  2. 2022-05-11Exploit-DB entryExploit-DB
  3. 2022-05-23Added to the CISA KEV catalogCISA KEV
  4. 2022-05-23Listed as exploited by GCVEGCVE
  5. 2022-05-23Exploitation first reportedCISA KEV
  6. 2024-02-1516:27SSVC exploitation set to activeCISA-ADP

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-04 09:37 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
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Versions per branch

NVD
Google chrome
BranchAffectedFixed in
78.0< 78.0.3904.8778.0.3904.87
Opensuse leap
BranchAffectedFixed in
15.1= 15.1no fix published

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Products declared by the CNA1 product

As Chrome, the CNA that assigned this CVE, declared them in the CVE record; versions as written.

  • Google Chrome
    Affected
    • < 78.0.3904.87fixed in 78.0.3904.87custom

Source: the CNA record (CVE Program), © The MITRE Corporation,CVE Terms of UseCVE recordupdated 2022-05-11

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

  • chromiumSUSE:Package Hub 15 SP1all versions · fixed in 78.0.3904.87-bp151.3.25.1
  • chromiumSUSE:Package Hub 15all versions · fixed in 78.0.3904.87-bp150.243.1
  • chromiumSUSE:Package Hub 12 SP3all versions · fixed in 78.0.3904.87-10.1
  • chromiumopenSUSE:Tumbleweedall versions · fixed in 113.0.5672.92-1.1
  • chromiumopenSUSE:Tumbleweedall versions · fixed in 93.0.4577.82-1.1
  • chromiumopenSUSE:Leap 15.1all versions · fixed in 78.0.3904.87-lp151.2.42.1
  • chromiumopenSUSE:Leap 15.0all versions · fixed in 78.0.3904.87-lp151.2.42.1
  • chromiumDebian:14all versions · fixed in 78.0.3904.87-1

8 more package ranges on OSV.dev

Vendor advisories

  • CVE-2019-13720 Red Hat Product Security14 products fixed

    chromium-browser: use-after-free in audio

  • RHSA-2019:3775 Red Hat Product Security14 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: chromium-browser security update

Full record on NVD

Fix

  1. Update Google chrome to 78.0.3904.87
  2. CISA’s required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.due 2022-06-13
  3. Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2019:3775 · 14 productsFor details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 After installing the update, Chromium must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

Advisories and patches

Detection

read 2026-11-03 22:42 UTC
Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
EDB-50917
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
1 repository, unverifiedcve-2019-13720/cve-2019-13720
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Date Added
2022-05-23
Patch Due Date
2022-06-13
Ransomware Use
Unknown
Required Action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2019-11-25
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Analyzed
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-3qg6-gw2x-w9cq

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-13720?

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.

Is CVE-2019-13720 actively exploited?

Yes. CVE-2019-13720 is on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, meaning it has been confirmed as actively exploited in the wild. CISA requires federal agencies to patch by 2022-06-13.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2019-13720?

CVE-2019-13720 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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