Google has released an emergency security update for Google Chrome, because the clients are patching a 0-day vulnerability within the browser.

While not a lot of specifics have been offered, the vulnerability is already being exploited within the wild, with Google obviously urging its users to install the latest update as quickly as possible.

The new version is Chrome 103.0.5060.114, and when you want to do the installation today, simply check for updates within the browser' settings page.

Based on Google itself, the brand new browser update involves resolve three different security vulnerabilities, which are rated with a high severity rating.

High CVE-2022-2294: Heap buffer overflow in WebRTC. Reported by Jan Vojtesek in the Avast Threat Intelligence team on 2022-07-01
High CVE-2022-2295: Type Confusion in V8. Reported by avaue and Buff3tts at S.S.L. on 2022-06-16
High CVE-2022-2296: Use after free in Chrome OS Shell. Reported by Khalil Zhani on 2022-05-19

The first of these is currently exploited within the wild, based on Google.

Google Chrome happens to be the world's number 1 browser, and needless to say, any potential security vulnerability could therefore affect millions of users.

Depending on the market share analysis, Chrome controls between 65 and 70 percent of the market (including here both desktop and mobile). Microsoft Edge may be the second most widely used choice around the desktop with a share of around 10 %, though it's worth keeping in mind that Microsoft's browser has additionally switched towards the Chromium engine.

Simultaneously, Microsoft Edge is also pre-loaded with modern versions of Windows, for example Windows 10 and Windows 11, so it's offered as the default browser to users of Microsoft's operating-system.

The most popular Google Chrome rival on mobile is actually Safari, as Apple's application is provided as the default choice on iPhones (as well as on macOS around the desktop).