Software Update: Google Chrome 9.0.597.84

Google released a new stable release of its Chrome web browser on Thursday with version number 9.0.597.84. Google Chrome is available in three different versions, namely stable, beta and dev. Development versions are at an early stage of development and are therefore the least stable. New in version 9.0 includes support for WebGL and WebP. In addition, of course, the necessary bugs and security problems have also been fixed. The release notes that come with version 9.0.597.84 can be found below.

Stable Channel Update

The stable channel has been updated to 9.0.597.84 for all platforms. Details about the features included in this release can be found on the Google Chrome Blogin addition this release contains the following security fixes.

• [Mac only] [42989] Low Minor sandbox leak via stat(). Credit to Daniel Cheng of the Chromium development community.
• Use after free in image loading. Credit to Aki Helin of OUSPG.
• Low Apply some restrictions to cross-origin drag + drop. Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (SkyLined) and the Google Security Team (Michal Zalewski, David Bloom).
• Low Browser crash with extension with missing key. Credit to Brian Kirchoff.
• High Crashing when printing in PDF event handler. Credit to Aki Helin of OUSPG.
• Low Handle merging of autofill profiles more gracefully. Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (Inferno).
• [Mac only] Low Work around a crash in the Mac OS 10.5 SSL libraries. Credit to Dan Morrison.
• Low Browser crash with bad volume setting. Credit to Matthew Heidermann.
• Critical Race Condition in audio handling. Credit to the gamers of Reddit!