CVE-2021-21148

Google is warning of a zero-day vulnerability in its V8 open-source web engine that’s being actively exploited by attackers.
A patch has been issued in version 88 of Google’s Chrome browser — specifically, version 88.0.4324.150 for Windows, Mac and Linux. This update will roll out over the coming days and weeks, said Google. The flaw (CVE-2021-21148) stems from a heap-buffer overflow, said Google.
“Google is aware of reports that an exploit for CVE-2021-21148 exists in the wi...

Google has addressed an actively exploited zero-day security vulnerability in the Chrome 88.0.4324.150 version released today, February 4th, 2020, to the Stable desktop channel for Windows, Mac, and Linux users.
"Google is aware of reports that an exploit for CVE-2021-21148 exists in the wild," the Google Chrome 88.0.4324.150 announcement
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This version is rolling out to the entire userbase during the next days/weeks. Windows, Mac, and Linux desktop users can upgrade to C...

If you use Google Chrome or a Chromium-based browser such as Microsoft Edge, update it immediately and/or check it for updates over the coming days: there is a zero-day bug being "actively exploited" in the older version of Chrome that will also affect other vendors' browsers.
Details are intentionally scant until enough of the wider world has installed the update, but the flaw exists in how Chrome handles heap overflows in V8, Chromium's Javascript engine.
"Google is aware of report...