Google has plugged a security vulnerability in its Chrome browser that the company considers critical.
The latest Chrome release -- version 2.0.172.33 -- fixes an issue that could let a malicious hacker carry out a buffer overflow attack, Google said Monday in an official blog.
If successful, the attack could allow the hacker to crash the browser and run code on a compromised machine with the privileges of the logged-on user.
More: http://pcworld.com/article/167199/
The latest Chrome release -- version 2.0.172.33 -- fixes an issue that could let a malicious hacker carry out a buffer overflow attack, Google said Monday in an official blog.
If successful, the attack could allow the hacker to crash the browser and run code on a compromised machine with the privileges of the logged-on user.
More: http://pcworld.com/article/167199/
