CVE-2019-13720

Google Chrome WebAudio Use-After-Free Vulnerability

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

Yes

*KEV

Decision

Act

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Un uso de la memoria previamente liberada en WebAudio en Google Chrome versiones anteriores a 78.0.3904.87, permitió a un atacante remoto explotar potencialmente una corrupción de la pila por medio de una página HTML diseñada.

Chromium is an open-source web browser, powered by WebKit. This update upgrades Chromium to version 78.0.3904.87. Issues addressed include a use-after-free vulnerability.

Google Chrome WebAudio contains a use-after-free vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Act

Exploitation

Active

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Total

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2019-07-18 CVE Reserved
2019-11-07 CVE Published
2020-03-21 First Exploit
2022-05-23 Exploited in Wild
2022-06-13 KEV Due Date
2025-02-03 CVE Updated
2025-04-06 EPSS Updated

CWE

CWE-416: Use After Free

CAPEC

References (10)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://packetstorm.news/files/id/167066	2022-05-11
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50917	2022-05-11
https://github.com/ChoKyuWon/CVE-2019-13720	2020-03-21
https://github.com/cve-2019-13720/cve-2019-13720	2024-08-12
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167066/Google-Chrome-78.0.3904.70-Remote-Code-Execution.html	2025-02-03

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00022.html	2024-02-15
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_31.html	2024-02-15
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-04	2024-02-15
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-13720	2019-11-07
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1768586	2019-11-07

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Google Search vendor "Google"		Chrome Search vendor "Google" for product "Chrome"				< 78.0.3904.87 Search vendor "Google" for product "Chrome" and version " < 78.0.3904.87"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Leap Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap"				15.1 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap" and version "15.1"		-		Affected