New serious security warning for Google Chrome's 3 billion users

Google Chrome browser updated after critical security flaw discovered

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With so many security and privacy changes affecting users of Google products lately, it's easy to miss an announcement or two. But Google has confirmed a security update that users of its Chrome browser on all platforms except iOS should take seriously. Here's what Chrome users running Windows, Linux, macOS, and Android need to know:

Google users are overwhelmed with recent privacy and security warnings

Over the past few weeks, there have been more privacy and security warnings about Google products and services than at any time in recent memory. Breaking news stories have garnered attention, including how Google tracks users, how the Play Store protects users from malicious apps, and important new security measures for Gmail accounts and the end of less secure access for Gmail users. But Google's announcement, published on Tuesday, July 23, is not to be missed for anyone who cares about the security of their data when using the Chrome browser on nearly any platform.

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Google's Chrome team has confirmed that it has found 24 security vulnerabilities (including five rated as high cause for concern) affecting users of the world's most popular web browser, and this applies to all users regardless of the platform the browser runs on (unless you're using an iPhone).

The discoverers of the highly rated vulnerabilities have already received a total of $19,000 in bounties from Google, but this is for two of the vulnerabilities; the remaining three bounties have yet to be determined.

These vulnerabilities are the most severe of the 24 identified and are as follows:

CVE-2024-6988 is a use-after-free vulnerability in downloads. CVE-2024-6989 is another use-after-free vulnerability, this time in the Loader component. CVE-2024-6991 is, you guessed it, a use-after-free vulnerability, but in the webGPU mapping Dawn component. CVE-2024-6992 is an out-of-bounds memory access vulnerability in the graphics rendering ANGLE component. CVE-2024-6993 is an improper implementation vulnerability in Chrome's Canvas drawing app.

As always, Google reserves the right to restrict full access to the details of these vulnerabilities until the majority of users have updated their devices to include the fix, which is currently rolling out to all of the aforementioned platforms.

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Users are advised to ensure they are running the latest version of the Google Chrome browser to ensure they have fixes for all newly disclosed vulnerabilities. Such updates are rolled out automatically, but users are warned that they need to ensure they not only receive the updates, but that they are properly installed and activated. This will vary by platform, but here are the version numbers you need to ensure you are safe:

Windows and macOS users: version 127.0.6533.72/73 Linux users: version 127.0.6533.72 Android users: version 127.0.6533.64

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