Stable Channel Update for Desktop

The Stable channel has been updated to 99.0.4844.74 for Windows, Mac and Linux which will roll out over the coming days/weeks.

A full list of changes in this build is available in the log. Interested in switching release channels? Find out how here. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug. The community help forum is also a great place to reach out for help or learn about common issues.

Security Fixes and Rewards

Note: Access to bug details and links may be kept restricted until a majority of users are updated with a fix. We will also retain restrictions if the bug exists in a third party library that other projects similarly depend on, but haven't yet fixed.

This update includes 11 security fixes. Below, we highlight fixes that were contributed by external researchers. Please see the Chrome Security Page for more information.

[$NA][1299422] Critical CVE-2022-0971: Use after free in Blink Layout. Reported by Sergei Glazunov of Google Project Zero on 2022-02-21

[$NA][1301320] High CVE-2022-0972: Use after free in Extensions. Reported by Sergei Glazunov of Google Project Zero on 2022-02-28

[$15000][1297498] High CVE-2022-0973: Use after free in Safe Browsing. Reported by avaue and Buff3tts at S.S.L. on 2022-02-15

[$7000][1291986] High CVE-2022-0974 : Use after free in Splitscreen. Reported by @ginggilBesel on 2022-01-28

[$7000][1295411] High CVE-2022-0975: Use after free in ANGLE. Reported by SeongHwan Park (SeHwa) on 2022-02-09

[$7000][1296866] High CVE-2022-0976: Heap buffer overflow in GPU. Reported by Omair on 2022-02-13

[$3000][1299225] High CVE-2022-0977: Use after free in Browser UI. Reported by Khalil Zhani on 2022-02-20

[$TBD][1299264] High CVE-2022-0978: Use after free in ANGLE. Reported by Cassidy Kim of Amber Security Lab, OPPO Mobile Telecommunications Corp. Ltd. on 2022-02-20

[$TBD][1302644] High CVE-2022-0979: Use after free in Safe Browsing. Reported by anonymous on 2022-03-03

[$TBD][1302157] Medium CVE-2022-0980: Use after free in New Tab Page. Reported by Krace on 2022-03-02

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.

As usual, our ongoing internal security work was responsible for a wide range of fixes:
[1305655] Various fixes from internal audits, fuzzing and other initiatives

Many of our security bugs are detected using AddressSanitizer, MemorySanitizer, UndefinedBehaviorSanitizer, Control Flow Integrity, libFuzzer, or AFL.

Interested in switching release channels? Find out how here. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug. The community help forum is also a great place to reach out for help or learn about common issues.

Prudhvikumar Bommana

Google Chrome