Google releases Chrome security update (89.0.4389.114)

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Google releases Chrome security update (89.0.4389.114)

Google has released Chrome 89 security update (89.0.4389.114) for Windows, Mac and Linux with fixes for 8 vulnerabilities.

An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to take control of impacted systems.

As part of the Chrome security update, Google patched 8 vulnerabilities in all, 6 of those rated High severity.

The 6 High severity vulnerabilities patched and discovered by external researchers include:

  1. CVE-2021-21194: Use after free in screen capture.
  2. CVE-2021-21195: Use after free in V8.
  3. CVE-2021-21196: Heap buffer overflow in TabStrip.
  4. CVE-2021-21197: Heap buffer overflow in TabStrip.
  5. CVE-2021-21198: Out of bounds read in IPC.
  6. CVE-2021-21199: Use Use after free in Aura.

None of the listed vulnerabilities had known public exploits at the time of the Google advisory. 

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