{"id":123687,"date":"2024-05-11T08:59:06","date_gmt":"2024-05-11T03:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techworm.net\/?p=123687"},"modified":"2024-05-11T08:59:06","modified_gmt":"2024-05-11T03:29:06","slug":"google-discovers-patches-zero-day-exploit-chrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techworm.net\/2024\/05\/google-discovers-patches-zero-day-exploit-chrome.html","title":{"rendered":"Google Patches the Fifth Zero-Day Exploit in Chrome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Google has identified and patched a fifth vulnerability in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techworm.net\/tag\/chrome\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Chrome<\/a> this year.<\/p>\n<p>CVE-2024-4671 is a &#8220;user after free&#8221; vulnerability in the browser&#8217;s Visuals component, which manages how Chrome renders web pages.<\/p>\n<p>This new zero-day exploit came to light after an anonymous security researcher reported it to Google.<\/p>\n<p>The company took cognizance of this highly severe issue and released a patch.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What\u2019s the Damage?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Hackers can leverage this exploit to perform code execution, steal data, or crash the system.<\/p>\n<p>Google acknowledged the new vulnerability in its browser and said, &#8220;It is aware that an exploit for CVE-2024-4671 exists in the wild.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s about it. It gave no further clarification on the reason behind this exploit and the number of users affected by it.<\/p>\n<p>Before this, Google patched three vulnerabilities discovered in March in a Pwn2Own hacking event and CVE-2024-0519 in January 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/chromereleases.googleblog.com\/2024\/05\/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_9.html\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">advisory<\/a> mentioned that an update has been issued for Windows and Mac users. Since there are two stable and extended stable channels, the updated versions are different.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Which Update Should You Download?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Stable version users must download the 124.0.6367.201\/.202 for Mac and Windows and 124.0.6367.201 for Linux.<\/p>\n<p>For the extended stable channel, Google has released the 124.0.6367.201 update for Mac and Windows.<\/p>\n<p>When it becomes available, Chrome automatic updates will download this update, which contains fixes for the zero-day exploit. Google advised that the roll-out could take a few days\/weeks to complete.<\/p>\n<p>You can also manually check for updates by typing <em>chrome:\/\/settings\/help<\/em> in the URL bar. Then check and download the latest update.<\/p>\n<p>After that restart the browser to apply the update.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google has identified and patched a fifth vulnerability in Chrome this year. CVE-2024-4671 is a &#8220;user after free&#8221; vulnerability in the browser&#8217;s Visuals component, which manages how Chrome renders web pages. This new zero-day exploit came to light after an anonymous security researcher reported it to Google. The company took cognizance of this highly severe [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":123689,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[513,14329],"class_list":{"0":"post-123687","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-security-and-hacking-news","8":"category-security-news","9":"tag-chrome","10":"tag-zero-day-vulnerability"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Google Patches the Fifth Zero-Day Exploit in Chrome &#187; TechWorm<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Google found the fifth zero day exploit in Chrome after being notified by a researched. 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