It was the first zero-day flaw, that is, a computer vulnerability that had not been the subject of any publication or had no known patch at the time of its discovery, to have been detected this year. But Google has taken matters into its own hands by releasing an emergency security update for Chrome to fix the vulnerability.
“Google is aware that an exploit for CVE-2023-2033 exists in the wild”, said the Mountain View firm in a press release. Discovered by Clément Lecigne, an engineer from Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG), this flaw is considered to be of high importance and requires updating the Chrome application.
Chrome users are therefore advised to upgrade to software version 112.0.5615.121 as soon as possible, which fixes the vulnerability on Windows, Mac and Linux systems. To do this, you can go to the Chrome settings via the Chrome menu then About Google Chrome. If available on your machine, the update should automatically download.