CERT-In warns of multiple vulnerabilities for some Google Chrome users

Chennai: The IT Ministry's Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) issued a warning for those using the Google Chrome version prior to 99.0.4844.74 and said that multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Google Chrome, "which could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code, bypass security restrictions or cause a denial of service condition on the targeted system".

The exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code, bypass security restrictions, or cause a denial of service condition on the targeted system, the CERT-In notification said on Thursday.

The agency recommended users upgrade to Google Chrome version 99.0.4844.74.


CERT-In said these vulnerabilities were happening due to "Use after free in Blink Layout, Extensions, Safe Browsing, Splitscreen, ANGLE, New Tab Page, Browser UI and Heap buffer overflow in GPU".