Chrome 88.0.4324.96 fixes 36 vulnerabilities

[German]Google's developers have updated the Chrome browser to version 88.0.4324.96 in the desktop version for Linux, macOS and Windows as of January 19, 2020. This security update fixes 36 vulnerabilities in the older browser versions.

The info came to my attention on various websites Version 88 of the browser is a new development branch. Google developers published this article on the Chrome 88 beta in December 2020. Starting with this version, FTP support will be removed from the browser. Flash will also no longer be supported. Also the article here at HowToGeek contains an outline to the various changes. The Google blog has this post with a list of vulnerabilities closed in Chrome 88.0.4324.96 for the desktop. Here are some highlighted vulnerabilities that have been fixed.

• [$30000][1137179] Critical CVE-2021-21117: Insufficient policy enforcement in Cryptohome. Reported by Rory McNamara on 2020-10-10
• [$16000][1161357] High CVE-2021-21118: Insufficient data validation in V8. Reported by Tyler Nighswander (@tylerni7) of Theori on 2020-12-23
• [$5000][1160534] High CVE-2021-21119: Use after free in Media. Reported by Anonymous on 2020-12-20
• [$5000][1160602] High CVE-2021-21120: Use after free in WebSQL. Reported by Nan Wang(@eternalsakura13) and Guang Gong of 360 Alpha Lab on 2020-12-21
• [$5000][1161143] High CVE-2021-21121: Use after free in Omnibox. Reported by Leecraso and Guang Gong of 360 Alpha Lab on 2020-12-22
• [$5000][1162131] High CVE-2021-21122: Use after free in Blink. Reported by Renata Hodovan on 2020-12-28
• [$1000][1137247] High CVE-2021-21123: Insufficient data validation in File System API. Reported by Maciej Pulikowski on 2020-10-11
• [$N/A][1131346] High CVE-2021-21124: Potential user after free in Speech Recognizer. Reported by Chaoyang Ding(@V4kst1z) from Codesafe Team of Legendsec at Qi'anxin Group on 2020-09-23
• [$N/A][1152327] High CVE-2021-21125: Insufficient policy enforcement in File System API. Reported by Ron Masas (Imperva) on 2020-11-24
• [$N/A][1163228] High CVE-2020-16044: Use after free in WebRTC. Reported by Ned Williamson of Project Zero on 2021-01-05
• [$3000][1108126] Medium CVE-2021-21126: Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions. Reported by David Erceg on 2020-07-22
• [$3000][1115590] Medium CVE-2021-21127: Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions. Reported by Jasminder Pal Singh, Web Services Point WSP, Kotkapura on 2020-08-12
• [$2000][1138877] Medium CVE-2021-21128: Heap buffer overflow in Blink. Reported by Liang Dong on 2020-10-15
• [$1000][1140403] Medium CVE-2021-21129: Insufficient policy enforcement in File System API. Reported by Maciej Pulikowski on 2020-10-20
• [$1000][1140410] Medium CVE-2021-21130: Insufficient policy enforcement in File System API. Reported by Maciej Pulikowski on 2020-10-20
• [$1000][1140417] Medium CVE-2021-21131: Insufficient policy enforcement in File System API. Reported by Maciej Pulikowski on 2020-10-20
• [$TBD][1128206] Medium CVE-2021-21132: Inappropriate implementation in DevTools. Reported by David Erceg on 2020-09-15
• [$TBD][1157743] Medium CVE-2021-21133: Insufficient policy enforcement in Downloads. Reported by wester0x01(https://twitter.com/wester0x01) on 2020-12-11
• [$TBD][1157800] Medium CVE-2021-21134: Incorrect security UI in Page Info. Reported by wester0x01(https://twitter.com/wester0x01) on 2020-12-11
• [$TBD][1157818] Medium CVE-2021-21135: Inappropriate implementation in Performance API. Reported by ndevtk on 2020-12-11
• [$2000][1038002] Low CVE-2021-21136: Insufficient policy enforcement in WebView. Reported by Shiv Sahni, Movnavinothan V and Imdad Mohammed on 2019-12-27
• [$500][1093791] Low CVE-2021-21137: Inappropriate implementation in DevTools. Reported by bobblybear on 2020-06-11
• [$500][1122487] Low CVE-2021-21138: Use after free in DevTools. Reported by Weipeng Jiang (@Krace) from Codesafe Team of Legendsec at Qi'anxin Group on 2020-08-27
• [$N/A][937131] Low CVE-2021-21139: Inappropriate implementation in iframe sandbox. Reported by Jun Kokatsu, Microsoft Browser Vulnerability Research on 2019-03-01
• [$N/A][1136327] Low CVE-2021-21140: Uninitialized Use in USB. Reported by David Manouchehri on 2020-10-08
• [$N/A][1140435] Low CVE-2021-21141: Insufficient policy enforcement in File System API. Reported by Maciej Pulikowski on 2020-10-20

One of these vulnerabilities is classified as critical, and some of the vulnerabilities are classified as High. Other issues have been tracked down and fixed internally through audits and fuzzing. So, the browser should be updated quickly. The Chrome version for Windows, Mac and Linux will be rolled out to systems via the automatic update function in the next few days. However, you can also download this build here.