The report highlights that according to Google, none of the patched vulnerabilities have been exploited in attacks yet. In the fresh versions of Chrome 153.0.8010.47/48 for Windows and macOS, and 153.0.8010.47 for Linux, Google has fixed more than 40 security vulnerabilities, some of which are critical.
In a fresh development, while Google discovered 26 of the vulnerabilities internally, another 16 were identified by external security researchers. Google has so far awarded them $2,500 in bounties. In the Chrome Launches blog post , Srinivas Sista lists 42 vulnerabilities that have been fixed.
In a fresh development, a further 28 vulnerabilities are classified as high risk, and the rest are classified as medium risk minus one that’s low risk. Again, the most common type is the use-after-free vulnerability, with 12 instances. Three vulnerabilities are classified as critical, including two use-after-free (UAF) flaws in the Internals and Workers components.
Industry observers note that you can manually check for updates via Help → About Google Chrome . Chrome 154 is due to be dropped as early as next week. Chrome usually updates automatically when a fresh version is available.
Industry observers note that the Android version addresses the same vulnerabilities as the desktop versions. The Extended Stable Channel for Windows and macOS now includes Chromium version 152.0.7977.130. Google has also dropped Chrome for Android 153.0.8010.47 and Chrome for iOS 154.0.8037.41 this week.
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