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This update includes 21 security fixes. Below, we highlight fixes that were contributed by external researchers. Please see the Chrome Security Page for more information.
[$NA][1479274] Critical CVE-2023-4863: Heap buffer overflow in WebP. Reported by Apple Security Engineering and Architecture (SEAR) and The Citizen Lab at The University of Torontoʼs Munk School on 2023-09-06
[N/A][40070891] High CVE-2023-7010: Use after free in WebRTC. Reported by Ned Williamson of Google Project Zero on 2023-08-30
[$15000][40061476] High CVE-2024-3176: Out of bounds write in SwiftShader. Reported by Chaoyuan Peng (@ret2happy) on 2022-10-26
[$3000][1430867] Medium CVE-2023-4900: Inappropriate implementation in Custom Tabs. Reported by Levit Nudi from Kenya on 2023-04-06
[$3000][1459281] Medium CVE-2023-4901: Inappropriate implementation in Prompts. Reported by Kang Ali on 2023-06-29
[$2000][1454515] Medium CVE-2023-4902: Inappropriate implementation in Input. Reported by Axel Chong on 2023-06-14
[$1000][1446709] Medium CVE-2023-4903: Inappropriate implementation in Custom Mobile Tabs. Reported by Ahmed ElMasry on 2023-05-18
[$1000][1453501] Medium CVE-2023-4904: Insufficient policy enforcement in Downloads. Reported by Tudor Enache @tudorhacks on 2023-06-09
[$500][1441228] Medium CVE-2023-4905: Inappropriate implementation in Prompts. Reported by Hafiizh on 2023-04-29
[$1000][40061509] Medium CVE-2023-7012: Insufficient data validation in Permission Prompts. Reported by koocola (@alo_cook) and Nan Wang (@eternalsakura13) of 360 Alpha Lab on 2022-10-28
[$6000][1449874] Low CVE-2023-4906: Insufficient policy enforcement in Autofill. Reported by Ahmed ElMasry on 2023-05-30
[$2000][1462104] Low CVE-2023-4907: Inappropriate implementation in Intents. Reported by Mohit Raj (shadow2639) on 2023-07-04
[$TBD][1451543] Low CVE-2023-4908: Inappropriate implementation in Picture in Picture. Reported by Axel Chong on 2023-06-06
[$TBD][1463293] Low CVE-2023-4909: Inappropriate implementation in Interstitials. Reported by Axel Chong on 2023-07-09
We would also like to thank all security researchers that worked with us during the development cycle to prevent security bugs from ever reaching the stable channel.
Google is aware that an exploit for CVE-2023-4863 exists in the wild.
As usual, our ongoing internal security work was responsible for a wide range of fixes:
Many of our security bugs are detected using AddressSanitizer, MemorySanitizer, UndefinedBehaviorSanitizer, Control Flow Integrity, libFuzzer, or AFL.
