Stable Channel Update for Desktop

The Chrome team is delighted to announce the promotion of Chrome 108 to the stable channel for Windows, Mac and LinuxThis will roll out over the coming days/weeks.



Chrome 108.0.5359.71 ( Mac/linux) and 
108.0.5359.71/72( Windows)  contains a number of fixes and improvements -- a list of changes is available in the log. Watch out for upcoming Chrome and Chromium blog posts about new features and big efforts delivered in 108.



Security Fixes and Rewards

Note: Access to bug details and links may be kept restricted until a majority of users are updated with a fix. We will also retain restrictions if the bug exists in a third party library that other projects similarly depend on, but haven’t yet fixed.




This update includes 28 security fixes. Below, we highlight fixes that were contributed by external researchers. Please see the Chrome Security Page for more information.




[$15000][1379054] High CVE-2022-4174: Type Confusion in V8. Reported by Zhenghang Xiao (@Kipreyyy) on 2022-10-27

[$11000][1381401] High CVE-2022-4175: Use after free in Camera Capture. Reported by Leecraso and Guang Gong of 360 Alpha Lab on 2022-11-04

[$2000][1361066] High CVE-2022-4176: Out of bounds write in Lacros Graphics. Reported by @ginggilBesel on 2022-09-08

[$2000][1379242] High CVE-2022-4177: Use after free in Extensions. Reported by Chaoyuan Peng (@ret2happy) on 2022-10-28

[$NA][1376099] High CVE-2022-4178: Use after free in Mojo. Reported by Sergei Glazunov of Google Project Zero on 2022-10-18

[$NA][1377783] High CVE-2022-4179: Use after free in Audio. Reported by Sergei Glazunov of Google Project Zero on 2022-10-24

[$TBD][1378564] High CVE-2022-4180: Use after free in Mojo. Reported by Anonymous on 2022-10-26

[$TBD][1382581] High CVE-2022-4181: Use after free in Forms. Reported by Aviv A. on 2022-11-09

[$6000][1368739] Medium CVE-2022-4182: Inappropriate implementation in Fenced Frames. Reported by Peter Nemeth on 2022-09-28

[$5000][1251790] Medium CVE-2022-4183: Insufficient policy enforcement in Popup Blocker. Reported by David Sievers on 2021-09-22

[$5000][1358647] Medium CVE-2022-4184: Insufficient policy enforcement in Autofill. Reported by Ahmed ElMasry on 2022-09-01

[$5000][1373025] Medium CVE-2022-4185: Inappropriate implementation in Navigation. Reported by James Lee (@Windowsrcer) on 2022-10-10

[$5000][1377165] Medium CVE-2022-4186: Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Downloads. Reported by Luan Herrera (@lbherrera_) on 2022-10-21

[$5000][1381217] Medium CVE-2022-4187: Insufficient policy enforcement in DevTools. Reported by Axel Chong on 2022-11-04

[$3000][1340879] Medium CVE-2022-4188: Insufficient validation of untrusted input in CORS. Reported by Philipp Beer (TU Wien) on 2022-06-30

[$3000][1344647] Medium CVE-2022-4189: Insufficient policy enforcement in DevTools. Reported by NDevTK on 2022-07-15

[$3000][1378997] Medium CVE-2022-4190: Insufficient data validation in Directory. Reported by Axel Chong on 2022-10-27

[$2000][1373941] Medium CVE-2022-4191: Use after free in Sign-In. Reported by Jaehun Jeong(@n3sk) of Theori on 2022-10-12

[$1000][1344514] Medium CVE-2022-4192: Use after free in Live Caption. Reported by Samet Bekmezci @sametbekmezci on 2022-07-14

[$1000][1354518] Medium CVE-2022-4193: Insufficient policy enforcement in File System API. Reported by Axel Chong on 2022-08-19

[$TBD][1370562] Medium CVE-2022-4194: Use after free in Accessibility. Reported by Anonymous on 2022-10-03

[$NA][1371926] Medium CVE-2022-4195: Insufficient policy enforcement in Safe Browsing. Reported by Eric Lawrence of Microsoft on 2022-10-06




We would also like to thank all security researchers that worked with us during the development cycle to prevent security bugs from ever reaching the stable channel.

As usual, our ongoing internal security work was responsible for a wide range of fixes:

[1394280] Various fixes from internal audits, fuzzing and other initiatives




Many of our security bugs are detected using AddressSanitizer, MemorySanitizer, UndefinedBehaviorSanitizer, Control Flow Integrity, libFuzzer, or AFL.


Interested in switching release channels?  Find out how here. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug. The community help forum is also a great place to reach out for help or learn about common issues.




Srinivas Sista
Google Chrome