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Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), the cyber security watchdog under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), has issued a high severity alert for Google Chrome users, affecting users on Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems..
According to CERT-In, Google Chrome for desktop has been found to have multiple vulnerabilities that could be exploited by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the user's system..
The cybersecurity agency said that these vulnerabilities exist in Google Chrome due to a number of reasons, including initialised and insufficient data usage in dawn and out of bounds read in WebTransport..
Giving reasons behind the vulnerabilities in an advisory dated August 7, CERT-In noted, These vulnerabilities exist in Google Chrome for Desktop due to Uninitialized use in dawn; Out of bounds read in WebTransport and Insufficient data validation in dawn..
The vulnerability affects users of Google Chrome stable channel versions prior to 127.0.6533.88/89 on Windows, Mac and Google Chrome stable channel versions prior to 127.0.6533.88 on Linux...
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