Download Google Chrome 38.0.2125.101

Google has released version 38 of its Chrome web browser. Google Chrome is available for Windows, Linux, and OS X. There are also versions for Android and iOS, but they follow a slightly different release schedule. In version 38 we don’t find any major changes. The release notes mention several new apps and extension APIs, and changes that should improve stability and performance. Furthermore, a large number of mainly minor but also a few serious security problems have been fixed.

Stable Channel Update

The Chrome team is delighted to announce the promotion of Chrome 38 to the stable channel for Windows, Mac and Linux. Chrome 38.0.2125.101 contains a number of fixes and improvements, including:

• A number of new apps/extension APIs
• Lots of under the hood changes for stability and performance

A full list of changes is available in the log.

Security Fixes and Rewards
This update includes 159 security fixesincluding 113 relatively minor fixes found using MemorySanitizer. Below, we highlight fixes that were either contributed by external researchers or particularly interesting. Please see the Chromium security page for more information.

• [416449] Critical CVE-2014-3188: A special thanks to Jüri Aedla for a combination of V8 and IPC bugs that can lead to remote code execution outside of the sandbox.
• [398384] High CVE-2014-3189: Out-of-bounds read in PDFium.
• [400476] High CVE-2014-3190: Use after free in Events.
• [402407] High CVE-2014-3191: Use after free in Rendering.
• [403276] High CVE-2014-3192: Use after free in DOM.
• [399655] High CVE-2014-3193: Type confusion in Session Management.
• [401115] High CVE-2014-3194: Use after free in Web Workers.
• [403409] Medium CVE-2014-3195: Information Leak in V8.
• [338538] Medium CVE-2014-3196: Permissions bypass in Windows Sandbox.
• [396544] Medium CVE-2014-3197: Information Leak in XSS Auditor.
• [415307] Medium CVE-2014-3198: Out-of-bounds read in PDFium.
• [395411] Low CVE-2014-3199: Release Assert in V8 bindings.

We would also like to thank Atte Kettunen of OUSPG and Collin Payne for working with us during the development cycle to prevent security bugs from ever reaching the stable channel. $23,000 in additional rewards were issued.

As usual, our ongoing internal security work responsible for a wide range of fixes:

• [420899] CVE-2014-3200: Various fixes from internal audits, fuzzing and other initiatives (Chrome 38).
• Multiple vulnerabilities in V8 fixed at the tip of the 3.28 branch (currently 3.28.71.15).