USERS OF Google’s Chrome browser have been advised to update it as a matter of urgency following the discovery of a ‘high severity’ zero-day flaw that’s being actively exploited.
The flaw was uncovered by Clement Lecigne, a security engineer in Google’s Threat Analysis Group. Classified as a use-after-free vulnerability, the flaw could enable attackers to conduct remote code execution attacks, taking full control of their target’s PCs.
While details of the security flaw were withheld – and continue to be – to prevent exploits from being developed, that does not appear to have prevented attackers from taking advantage of the discovery.
