New Chrome 124.0.6367.78/79 for Windows available

Google has released the first security update for Chrome 124. The developers have eliminated several vulnerabilities. Updates are also available for Android and iOS.

With the new Chrome versions 124.0.6367.78/79 for Windows and macOS and 124.0.6367.78 for Linux from April 23rd, Google is fixing four vulnerabilities in its browser. None of these gaps have been exploited for attacks so far. Manufacturers of other Chromium-based browsers have not yet followed suit, but will follow suit in the near future.

The Chrome Release Blog lists three of the four security vulnearabilities that were discovered by external security researchers and reported to Google. Google classifies one of these vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-4058) as critical. This is a type mix-up in the Angle graphics interface.

Two additional security vulnerabilities are identified as high risk. They affect the Javascript engine V8 and the WebGPU implementation Dawn. One or two vulnerabilities could be used to inject and execute code. Google does not provide any information about the gap discovered internally.

You can find out whether the current version is already active on your computer using the Chrome version dialog. This can be opened by clicking on the settings menu, which is located behind the symbol with the three vertically stacked dots to the right of the address bar. It can be found there under Help – About Google Chrome.

Google also released Chrome for Android 124.0.6367.82 and Chrome for iOS 124.0.6367.88.

The manufacturers of other Chromium-based browsers are now once again required to quickly follow suit with updates. So far, only Brave and Microsoft (Edge) have made the switch to Chromium 124. This means you are at the security level before this Chrome update. Google released Chrome 124 last week.