People who use Google Chrome have been issued a harsh warning by the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In). According to reports, the browser contains a number of vulnerabilities that have been classified as “high severity.” In the United States, the CERT-In organization is in charge of dealing with cyber security issues. In addition, the study produced by the agency provides a remedy to this problem. So continue reading to find out more.
Chrome is a web browser that is widely used across the world. A large number of people use this browser because it is pre-installed on all Android-based smartphones. According to a survey published by the analytics firm StatCounter, Chrome has the most global market share of all browsers. It accounts for 63 percent of all online traffic, which is not unexpected at all. Because of the ubiquity of the browser, it is a common target for attackers that want to infect a large number of devices at the same time.
There have been a number of vulnerabilities revealed in Google Chrome, according to the study, and one of these flaws might allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the targeted system. According to the stated source, if a hacker is successful in exploiting the flaws, Chrome users might suffer significant consequences.
Google Chrome has vulnerabilities due to “use after free in Safe Browsing, Reader Mode, Web Search, Thumbnail Tab Strip, Screen Capture, Payments, Extensions, Accessibility and Cast; heap buffer overflow in ANGLE; inappropriate implementation in Full-Screen Mode, Scroll, Extensions Platform, and Pointer Lock; type confusion in V8; policy bypass in COOP; and out of bounds memory access in V8,” according to the report.
However, consumers do not need to be concerned because Google has already released an update, and the warning is just for those users who are still using Google Chrome versions previous to 98.0.4758.80, which is the most recent available.
The new Chrome 98.0.4758.80/81/82 update, which contains a number of fixes and enhancements, was recently published for Windows users, and the new Chrome 98.0.4758.80 update, which was recently issued for Mac and Linux users. Cyber security team members have recommended users against using an earlier version of Chrome. Chrome’s development team has announced that the latest version contains 27 security changes, which includes the solutions for the vulnerabilities outlined above.
