Google Chrome 116 second point update fixes security issue

Last updated: 2023/12/14 at 11:20 AM

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Google has released a point update for Chrome 116 Stable that addresses a security issue in the desktop and Android versions of the web browser.

The company has moved from releasing security updates for Google Chrome twice a week to a weekly update cycle. The change improves security for all browser users because it reduces the time malicious actors have to exploit reported vulnerabilities.

A weekly security update release impacts the number of security issues fixed in all point releases of the web browser. In this particular case, Google has fixed a single security issue in its web browser.

The update is already available and Chrome admins can install it as soon as possible to protect the browser from potential attacks.

Chrome 116: second point update

Selecting Menu > Help > About Google Chrome displays the web browser version. Chrome performs an update check when the page is opened to download any new versions found by the update check. A web browser restart is required to complete the process.

The following versions should be displayed on the About page of Google Chrome after installing the latest security update:

Chrome for Mac and Linux: 116.0.5845.140
Chrome for Windows: 116.0.5845.140 or 116.0.5845.141
Chrome for Android: 116.0.5845.163

The second point update for Chrome 116 fixes a single security issue. Google released another timely update last week, which fixed five security issues in the web browser. The latest major version, Chrome 116was released on August 16, 2023. This particular update fixed 26 unique security issues in the browser and introduced additional data collection.

THE official blog post on the Google Chrome Releases website reveals that the security issue that was fixed in the update has a high severity rating. It fixes a free use-after-use vulnerability in MediaStream, an API “related to WebRTC which supports streaming audio and video data”.

All desktop versions of Google Chrome as well as the Android version of the web browser are affected by the vulnerability. The vulnerability doesn’t appear to be exploited in the wild, as Google usually mentions it in blog posts, if at all.

The next stable version of Google Chrome is expected to be released on September 6, 2023.

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