Google has released another new version of Chrome that fixes a total of 27 different bugs on various platforms. The company paid out $16,500 in bounties to researchers for the vulnerabilities they reported, including one $3,000 payment for a high-severity bug.
The new version of Chrome, version 11.0.696.57, fixes a slew of high-severity vulnerabilities, most notably a URL bar spoofing problem that comprises three separate issues. Some of the vulnerabilities are platform-specific, including a few Linux only bugs.
The $16,500 that Google paid out to researchers for the bugs represents the highest payout from the company for a single version of Chrome. The bugs Google fixed in the new version include:
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