You Should Update Chrome and Edge ASAP
There are three inevitability in life: death, taxes and software updates. Programs like Chrome can never be perfect, and security bugs will inevitably be found – the goal is simply to fix these flaws with an update before attackers can take advantage of them. Today, Chrome and Edge users find themselves in this situation .
What’s wrong with Google Chrome?
Google released a new update for Chrome (version 99.0.4844.84) on Friday, March 25 with an accompanying changelog detailing a single security vulnerability. The zero-day vulnerability, CVE-2022-1096, is a high severity type confusion vulnerability in the Chrome V8 JavaScript engine.
Type confusion errors occur when code reads or writes the wrong type of memory without first checking. While this often results in a simple software crash, it can allow attackers to use this process to run their own code.
However, the most interesting thing about this update is the lack of details from Google about exploiting the vulnerability. The company confirmed the existence of attacks using CVE-2022-1096, but did not go into details. Google clearly wants enough users to update their browsers before sharing more information about this zero-day vulnerability so that more hackers don’t take advantage of it.
Why do Microsoft Edge users need to update?
While it’s obvious for Chrome users to update their browsers, it’s important that Edge users do this as well. This is because Microsoft built its browser using Chromium, the open source codebase that powers Chrome. Since they are both Chromium browsers, Chrome and Edge are equally affected by this zero-day vulnerability and should be updated immediately.
How to update Chrome and Edge
Luckily, it’s easy to check for updates for both browsers. Simply click on the three dots in the top right corner of your browser window, select Help (Chrome) or Help & Feedback (Edge), then select About Google Chrome or About Microsoft Edge. Here you will be able to see if there is an available update to install. If so, go ahead and do it as soon as possible.
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