Software Update: Google Chrome 28.0.1500.95

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Google has released a new stable version of its Chrome web browser. The software is available for OS X, Linux, Windows and Chrome Frame. The latter is a plugin for Internet Explorer, which makes it possible to render pages within that browser with Chrome’s layout engine. Last month, however, Google heeft declared to end this project early next year. The changelog for this update looks like this:

Stable Channel Update

The Stable channel has been updated to 28.0.1500.95 for Chrome Frame, Linux, Mac, and Windows.

Note: Access to bug details and links may be kept restricted until a majority of users are updated with a fix. This commonly occurs 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 some fixes that were either contributed by external researchers or particularly interesting. Please see the Chromium security page for more information.

  • [257748] Medium CVE-2013-2881: Origin bypass in frame handling.
  • [260106] High CVE-2013-2882: Type confusion in V8.
  • [260165] High CVE-2013-2883: Use after free in MutationObserver.
  • [248950] High CVE-2013-2884: Use after free in DOM.
  • [249640] [257353] High CVE-2013-2885: Use after free in input handling.

In addition, our ongoing internal security work was as usual responsible for a wide range of fixes:

  • [261701] High CVE-2013-2886: Various fixes from internal audits, fuzzing and other initiatives.

Full details about what changes are in this build are available in the SVN revision log. Interested in switching release channels? Find out how. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.

Version number 28.0.1500.95
Release status Final
Operating systems Windows 7, Linux, Windows XP, macOS, Windows Vista, Windows 8
Website google
Download http://www.google.com/chrome/index.html?hl=nl
License type Freeware
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