{"id":459399,"date":"2022-09-06T10:14:48","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T08:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=459399"},"modified":"2022-09-06T10:17:59","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T08:17:59","slug":"google-chrome-patch-fixes-mysterious-high-risk-security-flaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/security\/459399-google-chrome-patch-fixes-mysterious-high-risk-security-flaw.html","title":{"rendered":"Google Chrome patch fixes mysterious “high risk” security flaw"},"content":{"rendered":"

Google has released an update<\/strong><\/a> for its Chrome browser, which fixes a severe security vulnerability with a mystery impact.<\/p>\n

Chrome version 105.0.5195.102 for Windows, Mac, and Linux includes a patch for CVE-2022-3075, which has been flagged as “high” risk.<\/p>\n

The bug supposedly causes insufficient data validation in Mojo, a set of runtime libraries used in the Chromium codebase upon which Chrome and Microsoft’s Edge browser are based.<\/p>\n

Google said the flaw was disclosed by an anonymous user on 30 August 2022 and was aware of reports that attackers had exploited it in the wild.<\/p>\n

It has not revealed details about the nature and potential impact of the vulnerability, which will help prevent hackers from exploiting it before all users have installed the patch.<\/p>\n

“Access to bug details and links may be kept restricted until a majority of users are updated with a fix,” Google explained.<\/p>\n

“We will also retain restrictions if the bug exists in a third-party library that other projects similarly depend on, but haven’t yet fixed.”<\/p>\n

To apply the update, Chrome users must simply relaunch their browsers.<\/p>\n

To check that you are running the latest version, click on the three dots at the top right of the window below the “Close” button.<\/p>\n

Then, hover your cursor over “Help” and choose “About Google Chrome”.<\/p>\n

The Verge pointed out<\/strong><\/a> this update comes after Google’s recent release of Chrome version 105, which already featured 24 security fixes.<\/p>\n

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Now read: Useful Google Chrome extensions<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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