Users can update manually from Chrome settings or perform a fresh install from our mirror. Web developers have mostly updated their sites to accommodate the newest browser iterations. Version 100 also presented websites with a problem that might have rendered them unable to read the user agents since many wear gear for two-digit browser numbers. In March, Google advised users to update from Chrome 99 to Chrome 100 because of a zero-day vulnerability relating to the browser's JavaScript engine that allowed unauthorized code execution. Chrome 101 is the second major release in a row that Google has urgently encouraged users to migrate to because of security issues. You can view them on the Chrome 101 release notes. Google labeled the remaining 23 fixes as mostly medium threats, with four designated low.

It is also holding back any information on bugs that exist in third-party libraries until developers have a chance to patch them. The company said it wanted to wait until the majority of users have updated their browsers before publishing precisely what these flaws are and how attackers could exploit them. Google did not release details on these vulnerabilities. CVE-2022-1483: Heap buffer overflow in WebGPU.CVE-2022-1482: Inappropriate implementation in WebGL.CVE-2022-1481: Use after free in Sharing.CVE-2022-1479: Use after free in ANGLE.CVE-2022-1478: Use after free in SwiftShader.CVE-2022-1477: Use after free in Vulkan.Chrome devs discovered the other two in-house.

Google paid out a total of $29,000 for four of the top six more critical vulnerabilities. According to the latest patch release, developers have patched 29 security holes, six of which developers list as 'high' threats.Ĭhrome 1.41 for Windows, Mac, and Linux contains several fixes for severe security flaws. PSA: If you regularly use Google's Chrome browser, you might want to update to version 101 sooner than later.

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