Ο Google Chrome has more than 2 billion users worldwide. This of course makes the browser a very interesting target for hackers and unfortunately security updates are not always enough.
This weekend, the company issued its fourth emergency information for Chrome in two months.
In a recent post on its official blog, Google revealed seven high-level security threats found in Chrome that work on all operating systems (Android, Windows, iOS and Linux).
The company of course does not publish too much information about vulnerabilities trying to save time until most of its users inform.
He mentions but the following security vulnerabilities:
- High - CVE-2021-30598: Reported by Manfred Paul. Type Confusion in V8.
- High - CVE-2021-30599: Reported by Manfred Paul. Type Confusion in V8.
- High - CVE-2021-30600: Reported by 360 Alpha Lab. Use after free in Printing.
- High - CVE-2021-30601: Reported by 360 Alpha Lab. Use after free in Extensions API.
- High - CVE-2021-30602: Reported by Cisco Talos. Use after free in WebRTC.
- High - CVE-2021-30603: Reported by Google Project Zero. Race in WebAudio.
- High - CVE-2021-30604: Reported by SecunologyLab. Use after free in ANGLE.
All of the above vulnerabilities can be used by hackers to run code and gain control of a target computer or device.
Google urges all Chrome users to check if they have the latest version of the browser.
Chrome is one of the top available programs browsing. However, we cannot ignore that this is the fourth time it has reported vulnerabilities in two months and the eighth 0day this year. The number of attacks is steadily increasing and you should probably consider switching browsers.
Bonus Tip: Since Edge, Vivaldi, Opera etc are based on Chromium, which Chrome also uses, give Firefox a try.