Several vulnerabilities found in Google Chrome browser

Several vulnerabilities have been found in Google Chrome browser that could be exploited by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the targeted system. Following this, the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has issued a 'high severity' warning for the users. Google has already released a fix for these vulnerabilities in its latest software update for Chrome and it is highly advisable that Google Chrome users upgrade to the latest version soon. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1251"] Google recently updated the Chrome stable channel to 96.0.4664.93 for Windows, Mac and Linux, which is available for all users.[/caption] Also read | Punjab CM Channi orders probe into Asthana's 'letter leak' case The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team is an office within the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology of the Government of India. According to Google, 22 types of security fixes have been given in the latest Chrome browser, which works to increase user privacy. The government advisory as well as Google advised Chrome users to update to the latest version. Google recently updated the Chrome stable channel to 96.0.4664.93 for Windows, Mac and Linux, which is available for all users. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="500"] According to Google, 22 types of security fixes have been given in the latest Chrome browser, which works to increase user privacy.[/caption] Also read | Punjab to invite applications for allotment of proposed 25,000 EWS Houses In an advisory, CERT-In said, "Multiple vulnerabilities exists in Google chrome due to Type Confusion in V8; Use after free in web apps, UI, window manager, screen capture, file API, auto fill and developer tools; Incorrect security UI in autofill; Heap buffer overflow in extensions, BFCache and ANGLE; Type Confusion in loader; Insufficient data validation in loader; Integer underflow in ANGLE and Insufficient validation of untrusted input in new tab page." One can check for the available update on Chrome and update it by clicking the three vertical dots in the top right of the page. Click the About Chrome option and it will update. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1000"] One can check for the available update on Chrome and update it by clicking the three vertical dots in the top right of the page.[/caption] -PTC News with agency inputs 

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