Security News > 2021 > July > Google patches 8th Chrome zero-day exploited in the wild this year

Google has released Chrome 91.0.4472.164 for Windows, Mac, and Linux to fix seven security vulnerabilities, one of them a high severity zero-day vulnerability exploited in the wild.

Google Chrome will automatically update itself on the next launch, but you can also manually update it by checking for the newly released version from Settings > Help > 'About Google Chrome.

While Google said that it is aware of CVE-2021-30563 in the wild exploitation, it did not share info regarding these attacks to allow the security update to deploy on as many systems as possible before more threat actors start actively abusing.

In all, Google has patched eight Chrome zero-day bugs exploited by attackers in the wild since the start of 2021.

The Google Threat Analysis Group has shared additional details earlier this week regarding in-the-wild exploitation of CVE-2021-21166 and CVE-2021-30551 Chrome zero-days.

"Based on our analysis, we assess that the Chrome and Internet Explorer exploits described here were developed and sold by the same vendor providing surveillance capabilities to customers around the world," Google said.

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