Security News > 2023 > April > Google Chrome Hit by Second Zero-Day Attack - Urgent Patch Update Released
Google on Tuesday rolled out emergency fixes to address another actively exploited high-severity zero-day flaw in its Chrome web browser.
The flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-2136, is described as a case of integer overflow in Skia, an open source 2D graphics library.
Clément Lecigne of Google's Threat Analysis Group has been credited with discovering and reporting the flaw on April 12, 2023.
"Integer overflow in Skia in Google Chrome prior to 112.0.5615.137 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page," according to the NIST's National Vulnerability Database.
The development marks the second Chrome zero-day vulnerability to be exploited by malicious actors, and comes merely days after Google patched CVE-2023-2033 last week.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 112.0.5615.137 for Windows, macOS, and Linux to mitigate potential threats.
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Related Vulnerability
| DATE | CVE | VULNERABILITY TITLE | RISK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-04-19 | CVE-2023-2136 | Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability in multiple products Integer overflow in Skia in Google Chrome prior to 112.0.5615.137 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. | 9.6 |
| 2023-04-14 | CVE-2023-2033 | Type Confusion vulnerability in multiple products Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 112.0.5615.121 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. | 8.8 |