Google has released version 9.0.597.107 of its Chrome browser, fixing 19 security vulnerabilities and paying $14,000 in rewards to researchers in the process.
The new version of Chrome, which Google released on Monday afternoon, includes fixes for 16 high-severity vulnerabilities and three bugs rated as medium risks. Several outside researchers cleared nice paydays from Googleβs bug bounty program in this release, including Sergey Glazunov and Martin Barbella, each of whom earned $3,000 for bugs they reported.
The release of Chrome 9.0.597.107 also is a landmark of sorts for Google, as the $14,000 that the company paid out as rewards to researchers pushes the total amount of money that Google has paid since the inception of its bug bounty program to more than $100,000. None of the vulnerabilities fixed in the new release qualified for the highest reward of $3133.7, but 16 of them were worth $1,000.
Among the fixes in the new Chrome release are:
code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=54262
code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=63732
code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=68263
code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=68741
code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=70078
code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=70244
code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=70376
code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=71114
code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=71115
code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=71296
code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=71386
code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=71388
code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=71595
code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=71717
code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=71855
code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=71960
code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=72214
code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=72437
code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=73235
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