A new Chrome JavaScript security hole is nasty, so don’t waste any time patching your systems.
Google has released a critical security update for the Chrome web browser. The zero-day flaw, CVE-2024-4671, is a « use-after-free » vulnerability in Chrome’s Visuals component.
You might be asking, « what is Chrome’s Visuals component? » In short, it’s the part responsible for rendering and displaying content in the browser. Everyone uses a browser to open content, so everyone’s vulnerable.
Specifically, the vulnerability enables an attacker to exploit out-of-bounds memory access.
