Google just patched the fifth zero-day exploit for Chrome this year

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just patched the fifth zero-day exploit for Chrome this year

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is aware that an exploit for CVE-2024-4671 exists in the wild,” the company said in a short advisory. It did not issue any specifics as to the nature of the real-world ******* or the identity of the threat actors. This is common for

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, as it likes to wait until a majority of users have updated the software before announcing specific details.

We do know some stuff about the exploit. It’s being classified as a “high-severity issue” and as a “user after free” vulnerability. These bugs arise when a program references a memory location after it has been deallocated, leading to any number of serious consequences from a ****** to a random ********** of code. It looks like the CVE-2024-4671 vulnerability is attached to the visuals component that handles rendering and the display of content on the browser.

The exploit was discovered and reported to

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by an anonymous researcher. The fix is available for Mac, Windows and Linux and updates will continue to roll out to users over the coming days and weeks. Chrome updates automatically with security fixes, so users can confirm they are running the latest version of the browser by going to Settings and About Chrome. Users of Chromium-based browsers like

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Edge, Brave, Opera and Vivaldi should also update to a new version as soon as they are available.

As stated, this is the fifth of this type of flaw addressed by

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this year. I don’t mean “within the last calendar year.” I mean in 2024. Three were discovered back in March at the Pwn2Own hacking contest in Vancouver. This isn’t a record or anything.

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found and fixed back in 2020.

Zero-day exploits have been a constant thorn in

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’s side. These are a type of cyberattack that take advantage of an unknown or unaddressed security flaw in computer software, hardware or firmware. The company typically pays out big money for bug discoveries, as part of its .

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