With millions of people using it on a daily basis, Google Chrome is the most popular internet browser in the world. The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-IN), which is part of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, has advised all Google Chrome users to be cautious.
CERT-IN rated the severity of this vulnerability as “High,” stating that, “Multiple bugs have been reported in Google Chrome that could enable an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the targeted system.
Warning for Chrome users: “It’s critical that Chrome users upgrade”
If an attacker were to exploit these bugs, it might be a bad idea for Chrome users. CERT-IN stated that “these flaws exist in Google Chrome due to Use after free in Safe Browsing, Reader Mode, Web Search, Thumbnail Tab Strip, Screen Capture, Window Dialog, Payments, Extensions, Accessibility and Cast; Heap buffer overflow in ANGLE; Inappropriate implementation in Full Screen Mode (COOP), Out of bounds memory access in V8.”
The issue is present in Chrome versions prior to 98.0.4758.80.
Google has already released a fix for this problem. Google announced that the update fixes 27 security holes, according to its website. The tech giant noted that “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.”
As a result, it’s critical that Chrome users upgrade to the most recent version of Google. “Chrome 98.0.4758.80/81/82 for Windows and 98.0.4758.80 for mac and linux contains a number of fixes and improvements,” said Google. The update has been rolled out and will reach users in the coming days, Google said.
