Chrome Users Urged to Update Immediately to Patch Zero-Day Exploits
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Google has discovered a new zero-day vulnerability, CVE-2023-3079, in the Chrome browser that hackers are exploiting, and has rated the threat as "high." The vulnerability involves a previously unknown flaw in Chrome's code, meaning users running unpatched versions of the browser are at risk of compromise. The flaw pertains to a "type confusion" vulnerability in the V8 JavaScript engine for Chrome and other Chromium-based browsers, which would include Microsoft's Edge and Brave. Google has rolled out patches through Chrome version 114.0.5735.106 for Macs and Linux, and then version 114.0.5735.110 for Windows.
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