Thursday 27 September 2012

Google removes 43 vulnerabilities in Chrome22

Google Chrome 22 closes with a total of 43 vulnerabilities. The regular updates fix errors only with high, medium and low risk. Among other things it houses vulnerabilities that attackers in dealing with the V8 JavaScript engine, and frames, UXSS attacks (Universal XSS) could run. Previously, Google had already crammed several UXSS vulnerabilities in the browser version for Android. Only the irregular update CVE-2012-2897 describes a critical vulnerability. In the case of abuse attacker can remotely damage the Windows kernel of a victim.

 

The Chrome developers have also made ​​changes to improve the compatibility with Windows 8. Also retina displays will now be better supported.

A new feature in Chrome 22 is the Pointer Lock API. Which was indeed already available in previous versions, but so far off. Mozilla's Firefox has been supporting the Pointer Lock API version 14. With the recently published stable Chrome version 22, the function is an integral part of the browser. Applications, thus having access to the raw data of the mouse. To program the Game Programming HTML games that can be precisely controlled with the mouse. Is a game demo with the name Banana Bread it with Mozilla.

Chrome 22 is delivered automatically via the update function is enabled by default. Alternatively, users can download the browser and on the download page.

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