Latest Google Chrome release addresses zero-day vulnerabilities for Windows users

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Published onJuly 5, 2022

published onJuly 5, 2022

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Google Chrome just got bumped up to 103.0.5060.114. This version is in place to help Windows users bypass a zero-day vulnerability, which hackers use to compromise their system. As spotted by thefolks at BleepingComputer, this marks the fourth Chrome zero-day patch update this year.

The zero-day bug fixed today (tracked as CVE-2022-2294) is a high severity heap-based buffer overflow weakness in the WebRTC (Web Real-Time Communications) component, reported by Jan Vojtesek of the Avast Threat Intelligence team on Friday, July 1.

According to ablog post by Google, they confirmed that they were aware of the CVE-2022-2294 exploit. The latest version has already hit general availability worldwide in the Stable Desktop channel. They further indicated that it would only take a couple of days or weeks till it was available across the entire userbase.

Google has indicated that theattacks via this threat“range from program crashes and arbitrary code execution to bypassing security solutions if code execution is achieved during the attack”. However, they are yet to provide a detailed account highlighting any of these attacks.

That said,Google has statedthat “Access to bug details and links may be kept restricted until a majority of users are updated with a fix. We will also retain restrictions if the bug exists in a third-party library that other projects similarly depend on, but haven’t yet fixed.”

For Windows users, your browser is supposed to automatically install this update, but if this is not the case then you can go to your browser’s menu, then click on Help and select About Google Chrome to manually update it.

Radu Tyrsina

Radu Tyrsina has been a Windows fan ever since he got his first PC, a Pentium III (a monster at that time).

For most of the kids of his age, the Internet was an amazing way to play and communicate with others, but he was deeply impressed by the flow of information and how easily you can find anything on the web.

Prior to founding Windows Report, this particular curiosity about digital content enabled him to grow a number of sites that helped hundreds of millions reach faster the answer they’re looking for.

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