Browser Security Vulnerability News

"Urgent: Update Chrome Now to Patch Actively Exploited Zero-Day Vulnerability"

Google has released updates to address four security issues in Chrome, including an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2024-0519) in the V8 JavaScript and WebAssembly engine, which could allow threat actors to trigger a crash and potentially exploit heap corruption. The nature of the attacks and the threat actors involved have not been disclosed to prevent further exploitation. Users are urged to update to Chrome version 120.0.6099.224/225 for Windows, 120.0.6099.234 for macOS, and 120.0.6099.224 for Linux to mitigate potential threats, with similar advice for users of Chromium-based browsers.