In early March Google confirmed a serious Chrome security issue, CVE-2019-5786. This security vulnerability is a memory management error that can enable the execution of malicious code on a user’s computer, see Google reveals Chrome zero-day active attacks. Berkeley Lab’s Cybersecurity
IT recommends that users immediately update their Chrome browsers.A user can easily update Chrome by restarting the Chrome applicationit. Users should verify they are running at least version 72.3.3626.121. The current version is 73.0.3683.86. For your reference Google provides detailed Chrome update instructions , here.
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