CVE-2019-13768 Use after free in Chrome

What is CVE-2019-13768?

CVE-2019-13768 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 2 Jan 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Use after free in FileAPI in Google Chrome prior to 72.0.3626.81 allowed a remote attacker to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chrome security severity: High)

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-13768?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2019-13768?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2019-13768 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-13768 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2020-16010 Google Chrome for Android UI Heap Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2026-87491 Google Chromium V8 Out of Bounds Write Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2026-85046 Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Exploited High 8.8

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-13768, GHSA-m523-mm9v-684f, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-13768.