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Users of Google Chrome have been urged to update the browser after Google announced attackers have been exploiting a vulnerability present in the current version.
On August 30, an anonymous researcher contacted the company to report the issue. Google is “aware of reports that an exploit for CVE-2022-3075 is circulating in the wild.”
However, Google has not revealed any details about the fault, but the unidentified researcher said it was due to “inadequate data validation in Mojo.”
The same researcher also found a separate zero-day in Chrome, which attackers are exploiting. This second bug, CVE-2020-6418, has been patched in the latest version of the browser. Hackers can exploit these vulnerabilities to gain remote code execution on a target system.
Google, on the other hand, has not yet provided any information regarding the security hole. “Until a majority of users have been updated with a patch, the details and links for bugs may be restricted,” Google added.
“We will also continue to have restrictions if the bug is located in a third-party library that other projects similarly depend on but haven’t fixed yet.”
The blog post also gave users some advice on how they can update their browsers and stay protected against any potential attacks.
“We recommend that users change their passwords on any site where they may have used the same password as their Google account,” Google said.
“In addition, we advise users to enable two-factor authentication on their Google account and any other accounts where it is available.”
Users can update their browsers by going to the settings menu and selecting “About Google Chrome.” The new version, 72.0.3626.121, will then be downloaded and installed automatically.
Google also urged users to ensure that their Chrome apps and extensions are up to date.
“Out-of-date apps and extensions can have security vulnerabilities that a malicious site could exploit,” the company said.
Google concluded they’re “working hard to continue making Chrome more secure with each release.”
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