Security updates for Chrome, Edge and Vivaldi
Google has released a security update for Chrome 80 that closes several vulnerabilities. Microsoft Edge and Vivaldi also released updates immediately.
The update to Chrome 80.0.3987.163 for Windows, macOS, Linux and Android fixeseight vulnerabilities in the browser. In the Chrome Release Blog, Srinivas Sista lists three vulnerabilities that were discovered by external security researchers. Google classifies the three gaps as high risk. As always, Google is silent about internally found vulnerabilities. Google updated the update to Chrome 80.0.3987.162 on March 31 with a further update to version 80.0.3987.163 on April 2.
Microsoft has updated its browser Edge (Chromium-based) to version 80.0.361.109, which fixes the same vulnerabilities as in the latest version of Chrome. The same applies to Vivaldi, which is now available in version 2.11.1811.51. The current Opera version 67.0.3575.115, however, still corresponds to the version of Chrome version 80.0.3987.149.
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