Once again, Chrome is under the spotlight but Google has acted quickly. To check you have the latest release see the guide at the end of this article and you can read more about these bugs here. It has released a new version of Chrome (.129) with a fix that is now rolling out to the browser's two billion users worldwide.
The good news is Google states it has yet to record any hacks via this method (hence the ongoing secrecy). For now, Google is keeping the details of these flaws secret to prevent widespread exploitation, but the company does reveal that the implications are attackers could take control of your system with a successful hack. On top of this, Google itself has issued update warnings for all users running Chrome.Ġ4/29 Update: Google has warned Chrome 81 users on Windows, Mac and Linux about a pair severe security vulnerabilities ( CVE-2020-6462 and CVE-2020-6461 ). What affected users experience is one of two error messages: ‘STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION’ or ‘STATUS_INVALID_IMAGE_HASH’ with the former proving particularly troubling. Picked up by excellent investigative tech site PiunikaWeb, there are growing reports that Chrome 81 (the latest stable version) is running into serious problems both starting and opening specific webpages ( 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, etc).
