• The vulnerability was reported by Clement Lesigne of Google's Threat Analysis Group on November 22 this year. Google released the fix on 24 November.
Google has released a critical update for the Chrome web browser that fixes another zero-day vulnerability. The high-severity flaw has existed since 2022 and has been abused by attackers. Tracked as CVE-2022-413, Google describes it as Heap buffer overflow in GPU. This is a type of buffer overflow attack in which data in the heap is overwritten in order to exploit some aspect of the program.
The vulnerability was reported by Clement Lesigne of Google's Threat Analysis Group on November 22 this year. The tech giant released the fix via a blog post on November 24. "Google is aware that an exploit for CVE-2022-4135 exists in the wild", it says. As announced by Google in a blog post, the stable channel for the Google Chrome web browser for Mac and Linux has been updated to 107.0.5304.121. and 107.0.5304.121/.122 for windows.
The update will start rolling out in the coming days and weeks. If you are a Chrome user, it is advised that you update your browser to the latest version as mentioned above.
However, Google has kept the details of the vulnerabilities a secret. The company said that "access to the bug description and link may be restricted until the majority of users are updated with the fix."
"We will also retain sanctions if the bug exists in a third-party library that other projects similarly depend on, but have not yet been fixed", it further said.
Here's how you can check the Google Chrome version running on a laptop
Open Google Chrome on your computer
- Click on the three dots on the top-right corner of your screen
- Hover over 'Help' from the menu list
Here you will see 'About Google Chrome'. Click on it
- This will open a new webpage with the details of the Chrome version running on your device
How to update Google Chrome on your computer/laptop
- Follow the steps mentioned above
- If your Google Chrome version is not up to date, you will see the option 'Update Google Chrome'. Important: If you can't find this button, you're on the latest version.
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