Govt Issues Warning For Google Chrome Users About High Risk Vulnerabilities – News18

Indian cyber company Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), working below the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, has issued a high-risk warning to Google Chrome customers in India.

According to CERT-In, a number of vulnerabilities have been present in Google ChromeOS LTS which could possibly be exploited by a distant attacker to trigger denial of service situation, elevation of privilege and distant code execution on the focused system.

“These vulnerabilities exist in Google ChromeOS LTS due to Use after free in Extensions, Heap buffer overflow in vp8 encoding in Ibvpx, Out of bounds memory access in FedC, flaws in AMD platforms and issues in Linux Kernel,” the cyber company stated.

A distant attacker might exploit these vulnerabilities by sending a specifically crafted request on the focused system.

Complete List Of Google Chrome ‘Vulnerabilities’ Reported By CERT-In

– CVE-2023-2163

– CVE-2023-3777

– CVE-2023-4015

– CVE-2023-4208

– CVE-2023-4366

– CVE-2023-4622

– CVE-2023-4761

– CVE-2023-5187

– CVE-2023-5217

– CVE-2023-20593

– CVE-2023-40283

“The vulnerability CVE-2023-5217 is being exploited in the wild,” the company stated. The company warned that profitable exploitation of those vulnerabilities might permit a distant attacker to trigger denial of service situation, elevation of privilege and distant code execution on the focused system.

Users are suggested to replace their Chrome browser instantly. Google has already launched the replace and safety repair containing patches and options for these safety points.

“This update contains multiple Security fixes, including: 1475798 High CVE-2023-5187 Use after free in Extensions, 1450784 Medium CVE-2023-4366 Use after free in Extensions, 1486441 High CVE-2023-5217 Heap buffer overflow in vp8 encoding in libvpx and 1476403 High CVE-2023-4761 Out of bounds memory access in FedCM,” the US-based tech large wrote in a blogpost.

To replace Google Chrome browser: Click on the three dots menu within the prime left nook. Then Select ‘Help.’ Next, it’s a must to Click ‘About Google Chrome.’ Now, Google Chrome will mechanically examine for and set up updates. If your browser is updated, you will notice a message saying “Google Chrome is up to date.”