Google Chrome Updated With Fix for Severe Zero-Day Vulnerability Taken Advantage of by Cybercriminals

The search engine behemoth announced that Google Chrome has been updated with remedies for a zero-day security weakness that was being actively exploited in the wild. When a user accesses a maliciously created website, a component in Chrome that produces web content on the user's screen is vulnerable, which gives attackers access to the user's machine. To stay safe, Chrome users on desktop computers using any version of the browser must make sure it is updated to the most recent version.As per the information provided by the business in a blog post, a security weakness with a severity rating of 'High' has been fixed in the most recent stable versions of Google Chrome for Linux, macOS, and Windows. Google reports that it has corrected a publicly known vulnerability (CVE-2024-4671) that affects the Chrome Visuals component and was discovered by an unidentified outside researcher.By exploiting a use after free vulnerability, an attacker could gain access to out-of-bounds memory when a user accesses a webpage that has been maliciously designed.

They would be able to access and control the system, as well as retrieve data remotely, thanks to this.It's noteworthy that Google adds in its blog post that it "is aware that an exploit for CVE-2024-4671 exists in the wild." Hence, users must ensure that Chrome is installed on the most recent stable version, which is version 124.0.6367.201/.202 for Windows and macOS and version 124.0.6367.201 for Linux systems.