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Chrome 100 Update Patches High-Severity Vulnerabilities

April 12, 2022

Ten of the addressed vulnerabilities were reported by external researchers. Of these, eight are rated “high severity” and two “medium severity.”

Six of the externally reported security holes are use-after-free bugs, which in some cases can lead to code execution. Five of them have a severity rating of “high.”

The remaining issues that were reported by external researchers include inappropriate implementations, insufficient policy enforcement, and a type confusion in the V8 engine, Google notes in its advisory.

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