Google Chrome is constantly facing new security threats every day and now this month a big warning has been issued by the Indian government. In fact, the latest Chrome security alert dated September 26 comes with a high severity ranking through the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), which will make millions of Chrome users extremely worried not only in the country but across the world.
What did you say about CERT-In?
CERT-In has issued a warning that if you use Chrome in Windows and macOS then be careful. Indeed, several vulnerabilities have been reported in Chrome that could allow a remote scammers to execute arbitrary code and crash the application on a targeted system. Safety bulletin highlights.
Problems exist in Google Chrome due to type confusion in V8, use after free in dawn, integer overflow in Skia, and improper implementation in V8.
In simple words, if the attacker is successful in bypassing the system security and exploiting these issues, they can lead the victim to a targeted malicious website which can be very dangerous.
Google Chrome security warning
If you are also using Chrome on Windows and MacOS or Linux machine, then let us tell you that, you should ensure that this version of the browser is not running on your system.
-Google Chrome versions before 129.0.6668.70/.71 for Windows and Mac
- Google Chrome versions before 129.0.6668.70 for Linux
What should users do for Chrome security warning?
To stay safe, users need to download the latest available software updates for Google Chrome on Windows, macOS, and Linux. You can do this by going to the three-dot menu on Chrome – Settings – About – Update Chrome.
Google has listed the security fixes that come with stable channel updates so you can get details about the issues and how it resolved them.
