Google Chrome Zero-day Exploited in the Wild, Patch Now

Google has urgently updated its Chrome browser across all platforms after a critical vulnerability, identified as CVE-2024-4671, was found being actively exploited.

Users are strongly advised to update their browsers immediately to prevent potential security breaches.

CVE-2024-4671: Details and Impact

The vulnerability, tagged with a high severity rating, involves a use-after-free error in the Visuals component of the Chrome browser.

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This flaw could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code on the victim’s machine remotely. The issue was reported anonymously on May 7, 2024, and has since been confirmed to be exploited in the wild.

Google has responded swiftly with a patch to address this security loophole. The affected versions of Chrome include all builds before 124.0.6367.201/.202.

To close this vulnerability, the updated versions—124.0.6367.201/.202 for ...