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'Critical' Google Chrome patch issued

A patch for two internet security vulnerabilities in Google's Chrome browser has been issued by the company and users of the system are urged to update in order to avoid the risk of being exposed to online threats.

Internal testing by Google highlighted the flaws, one of which has been rated 'critical' due to the fact that an attacker could exploit it to "crash the browser and possibly run arbitrary code with the privileges of the logged on user".

"To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need to be able to run arbitrary code inside the renderer process," Google said of the flaw, which involves a failure to properly validate input from a tab process.
Google Chrome users who visit a page under an attacker's control could have their online security compromised through the second flaw, which has been rated 'high'.

This vulnerability involves the Google Chrome sandbox, and similarly carries the risk of an attacker being able to run arbitrary code within the system.

Experts recommending taking advantage of such security fixes as soon as they are issued.

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