Google has released a new version of the Chrome browser to the stable branch. Chrome 84 is a maintenance release that fixes a number of security vulnerabilities, and also includes a few improvements.
Google Chrome is the most popular web browser which exists for all major platforms like Windows, Android and Linux. It comes with a powerful rendering engine which supports all modern web standards.
Version 84 of the browser is notable for resolving 38 security issues. Here are some highlights: Show/Hide
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1103195] Critical CVE-2020-6510: Heap buffer overflow in background fetch. Reported by Leecraso and Guang Gong of 360 Alpha Lab working with 360 BugCloud on 2020-07-08
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1074317] High CVE-2020-6511: Side-channel information leakage in content security policy. Reported by Mikhail Oblozhikhin on 2020-04-24
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1084820] High CVE-2020-6512: Type Confusion in V8. Reported by nocma, leogan, cheneyxu of WeChat Open Platform Security Team on 2020-05-20
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1091404] High CVE-2020-6513: Heap buffer overflow in PDFium. Reported by Aleksandar Nikolic of Cisco Talos on 2020-06-04
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1076703] High CVE-2020-6514: Inappropriate implementation in WebRTC. Reported by Natalie Silvanovich of Google Project Zero on 2020-04-30
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1082755] High CVE-2020-6515: Use after free in tab strip. Reported by DDV_UA on 2020-05-14
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1092449] High CVE-2020-6516: Policy bypass in CORS. Reported by Yongke Wang of Tencent's Xuanwu Lab (xlab.tencent.com) on 2020-06-08
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1095560] High CVE-2020-6517: Heap buffer overflow in history. Reported by ZeKai Wu (@hellowuzekai) of Tencent Security Xuanwu Lab on 2020-06-16
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986051] Medium CVE-2020-6518: Use after free in developer tools. Reported by David Erceg on 2019-07-20
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1064676] Medium CVE-2020-6519: Policy bypass in CSP. Reported by Gal Weizman (@WeizmanGal) of PerimeterX on 2020-03-25
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1092274] Medium CVE-2020-6520: Heap buffer overflow in Skia. Reported by Zhen Zhou of NSFOCUS Security Team on 2020-06-08
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1075734] Medium CVE-2020-6521: Side-channel information leakage in autofill. Reported by Xu Lin (University of Illinois at Chicago), Panagiotis Ilia (University of Illinois at Chicago), Jason Polakis (University of Illinois at Chicago) on 2020-04-27
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1052093] Medium CVE-2020-6522: Inappropriate implementation in external protocol handlers. Reported by Eric Lawrence of Microsoft on 2020-02-13
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1080481] Medium CVE-2020-6523: Out of bounds write in Skia. Reported by Liu Wei and Wu Zekai of Tencent Security Xuanwu Lab on 2020-05-08
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1081722] Medium CVE-2020-6524: Heap buffer overflow in WebAudio. Reported by Sung Ta (@Mipu94) of SEFCOM Lab, Arizona State University on 2020-05-12
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1091670] Medium CVE-2020-6525: Heap buffer overflow in Skia. Reported by Zhen Zhou of NSFOCUS Security Team on 2020-06-05
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1074340] Low CVE-2020-6526: Inappropriate implementation in iframe sandbox. Reported by Jonathan Kingston on 2020-04-24
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992698] Low CVE-2020-6527: Insufficient policy enforcement in CSP. Reported by Zhong Zhaochen of andsecurity.cn on 2019-08-10
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1063690] Low CVE-2020-6528: Incorrect security UI in basic auth. Reported by Rayyan Bijoora on 2020-03-22
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978779] Low CVE-2020-6529: Inappropriate implementation in WebRTC. Reported by kaustubhvats7 on 2019-06-26
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1016278] Low CVE-2020-6530: Out of bounds memory access in developer tools. Reported by myvyang on 2019-10-21
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1042986] Low CVE-2020-6531: Side-channel information leakage in scroll to text. Reported by Jun Kokatsu, Microsoft Browser Vulnerability Research on 2020-01-17
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1069964] Low CVE-2020-6533: Type Confusion in V8. Reported by Avihay Cohen @ SeraphicAlgorithms on 2020-04-11
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1072412] Low CVE-2020-6534: Heap buffer overflow in WebRTC. Reported by Anonymous on 2020-04-20
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1073409] Low CVE-2020-6535: Insufficient data validation in WebUI. Reported by Jun Kokatsu, Microsoft Browser Vulnerability Research on 2020-04-22
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1080934] Low CVE-2020-6536: Incorrect security UI in PWAs. Reported by Zhiyang Zeng of Tencent security platform department on 2020-05-09
Improvements in Chrome 84
- Google continues to roll out the SameSite cookie restriction. The process was suspended in Chrome 80. Chrome is enforcing secure-by-default handling of third-party cookies as part of our ongoing effort to improve privacy and security across the web.
- TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 are deprecated starting in Chrome 84. Both protocols can still be used in Chrome 84, but will be removed in the future.
- Users will get a warning in the developer console about insecure downloads via the plain HTTP.
- Chrome will suppress abusive web notifications starting in version 84.
Download Links
Web installer: Google Chrome 64-bit
MSI/Enterprise installer: Google Chrome MSI Installers for Windows
Note: The offline installer doesn't support the automatic update feature of Chrome. By installing it this way, you will be forced to always update your browser manually.
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