CVE-2019-13720: Google Chrome WebAudio Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Affects Google Chrome WebAudioSource CISA KEV
Exploited in the wild · KEV due 13 Jun 2022 · public exploit available (Exploit-DB) · 49% EPSS : apply the vendor's fix or mitigations to Google Chrome WebAudio now.
Data as of 10/24/2026, 22:15:59 UTC
- Exploitation
Actively exploited – in CISA KEV since 05/23/2022
- KEV deadline
- 06/13/2022 US federal agencies must patch by this date; a sensible deadline for everyone else.
- EPSS
- 49.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 98% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
- Public exploits
- 1 Exploit-DB entryPublic attack or detection tooling exists; see Public exploits below.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat to do
CISA required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Public exploits and detection
Public tooling indexed from Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB and ProjectDiscovery nuclei-templates. Its existence raises the odds of exploitation; it does not confirm attacks.
Description
Google Chrome WebAudio contains a use-after-free vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
Weaknesses
- CWE-416Use After Free (opens in a new tab)
Variant weaknessLikelihood of exploit: HighCWE Top 25 (2025): #7
The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.