Google issues third emergency Chrome security update in as many weeks - attacks are underway
Google has now released three emergency, out-of-band, security updates for the Chrome browser in as many weeks. What's more this one, like the first, is to fix a high-severity zero-day vulnerability that is already being exploited by attackers.Google issued yet another emergency security update for all 3.2 billion users of the Chrome web browser. The third such update, which discloses a single high-severity vulnerability, to be rushed out in three weeks.
of this worrying threat triumvirate, is a zero-day vulnerability: one that Google has confirmed is already being exploited by attackers.The similarities don't end there though. CVE-2022-1364, the vulnerability in question, is another 'Type Confusion in V8' one. This means it impacts the JavaScript engine that is employed by Chromium-powered browsers such as Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Brave and others.
The security update process will have already started and the fix should become available to you in the course of the coming days and weeks. This emergency update takes Chrome to version 100.0.4896.127, across the Windows, Mac and Linux platforms. Users of browsers such as Microsoft Edge, Brave, Vivaldi and Opera are advised to be alert to likely updates for those becoming available shortly.
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