The latest version of Google Chrome addresses an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability and other security flaws.
(Image: Getty) Google released a new version of Chrome for Windows, macOS, and Linux to address an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability and other security flaws in the web’s most popular browser. The company said Chrome 91.0.4472.101 includes 14 security fixes related to vulnerabilities of varying severity; the zero-day vulnerability is known as CVE-2021-30551. It didn’t offer many details about the security flaw, which was reported by members of Google’s Threat Analysis Group and Google Project Zero on June 4, but it did say that it « is aware that an exploit for CVE-2021-30551 exists in the wild. » Google Threat Analysis Group director Shane Huntley tweeted on June 9 that CVE-2021-30551 is related to a Windows vulnerability, CVE-2021-33742, that Microsoft patched the day prior.
