September 8, 2022
Users of Google Chrome running on Windows, Mac, and Linux must update their browsers to the most recent version in order to guard against a critical security flaw that hackers are actively attempting to exploit.
In a blog post on September 2, Google stated, "Google is aware of claims that an attack for CVE-2022-3075 exists in the wild. Google says it anticipates the fix to roll out to all customers in the upcoming days or weeks after an anonymous tipster reported the issue on August 30. Regarding the nature of the flaw, the corporation hasn't yet made much information public. As of yet, what is known is that the issue has to do with "Insufficient data validation" in Mojo, a group of runtime libraries used by Chromium, the codebase on which Google Chrome is based.
Until the majority of customers have been informed of a repair, access to problem data and links can be restricted, the company said. Google makes it more difficult for hackers to discover how to exploit the vulnerability before the next update eliminates the window for assaults by withholding that data for the time being.
To activate the update, Chrome users must restart the browser. For Windows, Mac, and Linux, this will update Chrome to version 105.0.5195.102. Click the three dots in the top right corner of your browser to make sure you're using the most recent version. You can find out whether Chrome is up to date on your system by going to "Help," then "About Google Chrome," which will take you to a website.
After releasing Chrome version 105 on August 30th, Google delivered this most recent update just a few days later. 24 security fixes had previously been included in that release. Evidently, even it wasn't sufficient.
"We talked about this security flat in our earlier blog post"
This is Chrome's sixth encounter with a zero-day vulnerability so far this year. According to BleepingComputer, the most recent vulnerability to be extensively exploited was merely discovered in mid-August.
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