Chrome 148 Update Patches Critical Vulnerabilities

The Chrome 148 update also resolves 37 high-severity weaknesses, including multiple use-after-free, out-of-bounds write, heap buffer overflow, insufficient validation of untrusted input, integer overflow, insufficient policy enforcement, out-of-bounds read, and type confusion defects.Google says it paid $44,000 in bug bounty rewards for four of these flaws (the top two rewards were of $25,000 and $10,000). The final amount might be higher, as the company has yet to disclose the amounts for several other issues.Google makes no mention of any of these issues being exploited in the wild.The latest Chrome iteration is now rolling out as version 148.0.7778.167 for Linux and as versions 148.0.7778.167/168 for Windows and macOS.Firefox received asecurity updateas well. Its latest iteration, namely version 150.0.3, resolves five high-severity flaws in JIT, WebAssembly, JavaScript Engine, and Profile Backup.Related:Vulnerability in Claude Extension for Chrome Exposes AI Agent to TakeoverRelated:Chrome 148 Rolls Out With 127 Security FixesRelated:Google Adjusts Bug Bounties: Chrome Payouts Drop as Android Rewards Rise Amid AI SurgeRelated:Chrome 147, Firefox 150 Security Updates Rolling Out

Google says it paid $44,000 in bug bounty rewards for four of these flaws (the top two rewards were of $25,000 and $10,000). The final amount might be higher, as the company has yet to disclose the amounts for several other issues.Google makes no mention of any of these issues being exploited in the wild.The latest Chrome iteration is now rolling out as version 148.0.7778.167 for Linux and as versions 148.0.7778.167/168 for Windows and macOS.Firefox received asecurity updateas well. Its latest iteration, namely version 150.0.3, resolves five high-severity flaws in JIT, WebAssembly, JavaScript Engine, and Profile Backup.Related:Vulnerability in Claude Extension for Chrome Exposes AI Agent to TakeoverRelated:Chrome 148 Rolls Out With 127 Security FixesRelated:Google Adjusts Bug Bounties: Chrome Payouts Drop as Android Rewards Rise Amid AI SurgeRelated:Chrome 147, Firefox 150 Security Updates Rolling Out

Google makes no mention of any of these issues being exploited in the wild.The latest Chrome iteration is now rolling out as version 148.0.7778.167 for Linux and as versions 148.0.7778.167/168 for Windows and macOS.Firefox received asecurity updateas well. Its latest iteration, namely version 150.0.3, resolves five high-severity flaws in JIT, WebAssembly, JavaScript Engine, and Profile Backup.Related:Vulnerability in Claude Extension for Chrome Exposes AI Agent to TakeoverRelated:Chrome 148 Rolls Out With 127 Security FixesRelated:Google Adjusts Bug Bounties: Chrome Payouts Drop as Android Rewards Rise Amid AI SurgeRelated:Chrome 147, Firefox 150 Security Updates Rolling Out

The latest Chrome iteration is now rolling out as version 148.0.7778.167 for Linux and as versions 148.0.7778.167/168 for Windows and macOS.Firefox received asecurity updateas well. Its latest iteration, namely version 150.0.3, resolves five high-severity flaws in JIT, WebAssembly, JavaScript Engine, and Profile Backup.Related:Vulnerability in Claude Extension for Chrome Exposes AI Agent to TakeoverRelated:Chrome 148 Rolls Out With 127 Security FixesRelated:Google Adjusts Bug Bounties: Chrome Payouts Drop as Android Rewards Rise Amid AI SurgeRelated:Chrome 147, Firefox 150 Security Updates Rolling Out

Firefox received asecurity updateas well. Its latest iteration, namely version 150.0.3, resolves five high-severity flaws in JIT, WebAssembly, JavaScript Engine, and Profile Backup.Related:Vulnerability in Claude Extension for Chrome Exposes AI Agent to TakeoverRelated:Chrome 148 Rolls Out With 127 Security FixesRelated:Google Adjusts Bug Bounties: Chrome Payouts Drop as Android Rewards Rise Amid AI SurgeRelated:Chrome 147, Firefox 150 Security Updates Rolling Out

Related:Vulnerability in Claude Extension for Chrome Exposes AI Agent to TakeoverRelated:Chrome 148 Rolls Out With 127 Security FixesRelated:Google Adjusts Bug Bounties: Chrome Payouts Drop as Android Rewards Rise Amid AI SurgeRelated:Chrome 147, Firefox 150 Security Updates Rolling Out

Related:Chrome 148 Rolls Out With 127 Security FixesRelated:Google Adjusts Bug Bounties: Chrome Payouts Drop as Android Rewards Rise Amid AI SurgeRelated:Chrome 147, Firefox 150 Security Updates Rolling Out

Related:Google Adjusts Bug Bounties: Chrome Payouts Drop as Android Rewards Rise Amid AI SurgeRelated:Chrome 147, Firefox 150 Security Updates Rolling Out

Related:Chrome 147, Firefox 150 Security Updates Rolling Out

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