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Google Patches Serious Use-After-Free Vulnerabilities in Chrome

December 7, 2021

Of these 16 security errors, 15 are rated high severity. Nearly half of them are use-after-free bugs affecting various components of the browser.

The most severe of these issues affects the web apps component. Tracked as CVE-2021-4052, it was reported by Wei Yuan of MoyunSec VLab, who received a $15,000 bug bounty payout for the finding.

Next in line is CVE-2021-4053, a security hole in Chrome’s UI component, which earned the reporting researcher $10,000.

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