The update is important, as it fixes a high-severity bug in the browser. The issue, identified as CVE-2022-1096, is a "type confusion" weakness for Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine, reports Bleeping ...

A fix became available via Google Chrome’s Beta channel release, but it has been officially rolled out to the Stable channel for version 85.0.4149.0 that will roll out on Monday.

Three high-severity bugs each include use-after-free elements impacting memory, tied to Chrome’s clipboard, media and extensions components. The bugs are tracked as CVE-2020-16037, CVE-2020 ...

Time to update: Google patches seven Chrome browser bugs, four rated 'high' risk CISA warning: Hackers are exploiting these 36 "significant" cybersecurity vulnerabilities - so patch now ...

In recent updates, Apple released Safari 6.0, Google let Chrome 21 loose, and Mozilla tackled memory bugs and a phishing attack.