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CVE-2019-13720

CVE-2019-13720HIGH

Google Chrome WebAudio

  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   N   L   N   R  U  H  H  H    8.8   .4914   98.9   YES

AFFECTED
  Product  Versions       Fixed
  Chrome   unspecified –  —

TIMELINE
  Jul 18  Reserved by Chrome
  Nov 25  Published (CNA: Chrome)
  May 23  Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2022-06-13

CWE-416 · CNA: Chrome · CVSS v3.1 · 6 references · KEV due June 13, 2022

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.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
July 18, 2019	Reserved	Reserved by Chrome
November 25, 2019	Published	Published (CNA: Chrome)
May 23, 2022	KEV ADDED	Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2022-06-13

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
Google	Chrome	—	unspecified	—

Weaknesses

CWE-416

References (6)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00022.html [vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE]
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167066/Google-Chrome-78.0.3904.70-Remote-Code-Execution.html [x_refsource_MISC]
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_31.html [x_refsource_MISC]
https://crbug.com/1019226 [x_refsource_MISC]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-04 [vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO]
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-13720 [government-resource]

Authoritative record: CVE-2019-13720 at cve.org

Vendors: google

Weaknesses: CWE-416

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