Google has launched an pressing repair for his or her Chrome browser to desktop customers for a just lately found vulnerability that’s being actively exploited.
CVE-2021-30563 is a sort confusion bug in V8, Chrome’s Javascript engine. Google has not launched extra particulars relating to the bug.
“Google is aware of reports that an exploit for CVE-2021-30563 exists in the wild,” their advisory notes.
The replace, which takes the browser to Chrome 91.0.4472.164 for Windows, Mac, and Linux, patches seven different safety vulnerabilities in whole.
The different bugs fastened embrace:
[$7500][1219082] High CVE-2021-30559: Out of bounds write in ANGLE. Reported by Seong-Hwan Park (SeHwa) of SecunologyLab on 2021-06-11[$5000][1214842] High CVE-2021-30541: Use after free in V8. Reported by Richard Wheeldon on 2021-05-31[$N/A][1219209] High CVE-2021-30560: Use after free in Blink XSLT. Reported by Nick Wellnhofer on 2021-06-12[$TBD][1219630] High CVE-2021-30561: Type Confusion in V8. Reported by Sergei Glazunov of Google Project Zero on 2021-06-14[$TBD][1220078] High CVE-2021-30562: Use after free in WebSerial. Reported by Anonymous on 2021-06-15[$TBD][1228407] High CVE-2021-30563: Type Confusion in V8. Reported by Anonymous on 2021-07-12[$TBD][1221309] Medium CVE-2021-30564: Heap buffer overflow in WebXR. Reported by Ali Merchant, iQ3Connect VR Platform on 2021-06-17
Given that the bug is being exploited within the wild, it’s endorsed that customers replace their browser by going to Settings > Help > ‘About Google Chrome.’
