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Chrome and Chromium updated after yet another exploit is found in browser's V8 JavaScript engine JS component seems to be focus of researchers and miscreants alike The Register (UK) - Wed 14 Apr 2021 Google has announced new updates to Chrome 89 following the discovery of yet another live exploit f...

Thank you for your reply.

Meanwhile, I just came across this article about the release of Chrome v90, which includes further security enhancements, by Martin Brinkmann over at gHacks:
https://www.ghacks.net/2021/04/15/googl ... -released/

Cheers,

AJN

Hello oftentired,

Have we a rough guesstimate yet as to when a final release of Slimjet 30.0.x.x might be available?

Thanks,

AJN

Via: Center for Internet Security Although the bulletin below specifically references Google Chrome, a short time ago Microsoft released a Security Update Release (which presages an update to their Edge browser after Chromium has been updated to address these exploits). Multiple Vulnerabilities in G...

Not as far as I am aware, sadly; version 29.0.3.0 is still based on Chromium 87.0.4280.66 — and I wish that that were not the case. (Updated language files; really?!?)

As it is now well over a month since my original post — and the patched version of Chromium released (currently at version 89.0) to address CVE-2021-21148, it would now seem time to migrate to another Chromium-based browser, such as Brave or Vivaldi (both of which are at Chrome 89.0) for those runni...

I know Slimjet does not use every new version of Chromium as soon as it comes out. Is this problem even relevant to Slimjet? Yes; this applies to all chromium-based browsers. The Register 5 February 2021 Chrome zero-day bug that is actively being abused by bad folks affects Edge, Vivaldi, and other...

Thanks; I should have explicitly referenced Slimjet.

Greetings,

Do we have a timeline for how soon the recently discovered zero-day bug described in CVE-2021-21148 - now being actively exploited - will be patched?

Thank you.

Cheers,

AJN