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Zero-Day vulnerability in Chrome, Edge, Brave, Opera, Vivaldi browsers allow taking control of your laptop or mobile

Posted in computing, security

In many cases, security vulnerabilities appear that affect the programs that we use on a day-to-day basis. A clear example is the browser. It may have vulnerabilities and that can allow a hacker to break in and steal passwords or personal information. That is what is happening now with Google Chrome and you should update it as soon as possible to fix a zero-day bug.

Google has released security updates to address a Zero-Day in its Chrome web browser that it said is being exploited in the wild.

The vulnerability, identified as CVE-2022–2294, relates to a buffer overflow component WebRTC that provides real-time video and audio communication capabilities in browsers, without the need to install plugins or download native applications.