Google releases Chrome 95 security update (95.0.4638.69) with fixes for 2 High risk zero-days exploited in the wild

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Google releases Chrome 95 security update (95.0.4638.69) with fixes for 2 zero-days exploited in the wild

Google has released Chrome 95 security update (95.0.4638.69) for Windows, Mac and Linux with fixes for multiple High risk vulnerabilities, 2 of those are being exploited in the wild.

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

The Chrome security update patched 8 vulnerabilities in all, to include the following 7 High severity vulnerabilities, each discovered by external researchers (those in bold have exploits in the wild):

  1. CVE-2021-37997: Use after free in Sign-In.
  2. CVE-2021-37998: Use after free in Garbage Collection.
  3. CVE-2021-37999: Insufficient data validation in New Tab Page.
  4. CVE-2021-38000: Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Intents.
  5. CVE-2021-38001: Type Confusion in V8.
  6. CVE-2021-38002: Use after free in Web Transport.
  7. CVE-2021-38003: Inappropriate implementation in V8.

Google warned that it “is aware that exploits for CVE-2021-38000 and CVE-2021-38003 exist in the wild.”

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