Google has confirmed that a zero-day security vulnerability in its Chrome web browser is being actively exploited. All you need to know.
Which means that you shouldn’t play the waiting game, but instead go check that your browser has, indeed, been updated. The very act of going to check on your Chrome version number will kickstart a download and installation of the security update if it has reached you already. However, to activate the update, you must restart the browser. This latter point is crucial for those of you who tend to run with dozens of tabs open and rarely close the browser at all.
“Type Confusion vulnerabilities pose a significant risk,” Walters says, “enabling attackers to execute arbitrary code on targeted machines by exploiting weaknesses in memory object handling.” This is because objects within the V8 engine are, Walters explains, “assigned types based on their underlying data type. However, due to flaws in the implementation of type checking mechanisms, a malicious actor can deceive the JavaScript engine into treating a variable as a different type than it actually is.” The end result being that it’s possible for a malicious actor to potentially execute arbitrary code.
“Users are strongly advised to promptly update their browsers to mitigate any potential risks,” Walters concludes.
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