Government Warns Chrome Users of High-Risk Security Vulnerability

 Government issues high-risk warning for these Chrome users

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The Indian government has issued a high-risk warning for Google Chrome users due to a critical security vulnerability found in a specific version of the browser. India's Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) highlighted that these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. steal sensitive information or cause a denial of service (DoS). These vulnerabilities affect Chrome versions prior to 117.0.5938.62 (for Mac, Linux, Windows).

One of the main concerns is the vulnerabilities identified as CVE-2023-4863 which is already being widely used this defect Along with other issues such as heap buffer overflows and insufficient policy enforcement across components. (Including downloads and autofill) could give an attacker unauthorized access to a victim's system. CERT-In urges users to update their Chrome browser to the latest version. immediately to protect their systems from these security threats. Let them do it.

Google has released an update to fix these issues. and advises users to follow Chrome's update process to ensure their browser stays safe.

(This article was written by formal algorithm)