Critical Use-After-Free Vulnerability Found In Chrome’s Lens Component

A security flaw threatens Google Chrome on Windows, exploited in phishing attacks to bypass the protections of the Privacy Sandbox and infect PCs. Google responded urgently with a security update. Discovered by researchers Boris Larin and Igor Kuznetsov of Kaspersky, this flaw allows to bypass the [...] The Google Chrome article: a critical flaw used to spread viruses and steal data, what to do? was published on Universe Freebox

Critical Use-After-Free Vulnerability Found In Chrome’s Lens Component

Google Chrome has confirmed in a statement on 20 March that a security researcher has discovered a critical vulnerability affecting all users across every platform—except, unsurprisingly, iOS.   Full technical details have not been published to give users time to protect their systems, the severity of the issue is undeniable. CVE-2025-2476 is a critical-rated use-after-free memory [...]