Google Patched Two More Zero-day Vulnerabilities in Chrome

This guide provides a clear, practical overview of Google patched two more zero-day vulnerabilities in Chrome, with useful context, important details, and straightforward takeaways for everyday readers.

Google constantly has to patch the zero-day vulnerability in Chrome. Photo: ZDN

Details of the attacks exploiting the two new vulnerabilities have not been released yet. According to information from Google, these include CVE-2020-16013 and CVE-2020-16017. It is not clear whether they are used alone or in combination. The three previous vulnerabilities are CVE-2020-15999, CVE-2020-16009 and CVE-2020-16010.

The zero-day vulnerability is an unprecedented and unpatched software vulnerability. Most of these flaws are deployed in targeted attacks that target a select number of objects, so the average user should not be too concerned. Although it is unclear how dangerous the vulnerability is to regular users, Google still advises updating v86.0.4240.198 through Chrome's built-in update function.

Google Chrome is the world's leading web browser in terms of market share. According to statistics in May, Chrome accounts for 69% of the global browser market share. You should keep Google Chrome up to date to avoid the risk of being exploited by hackers.