Several Chrome Bugs Patched By Google

In the second security-related update for Chrome this month, Google has patched four bugs disclosing that it had patched a fifth vulnerability a couple of weeks ago. Google said that one of the five bugs fixed was actually a leftover from the update which the browser received on January 9. According to a post by Anthony Laforge, the bug was fixed a couple of weeks ago but while releasing the notes, it was excluded by mistake.

Critical Bug

The bug fixed was the most serious of the five and got a critical ranking, which was Google’s top threat tag. The bug caused the browser to crash when Chrome highlighted warnings regarding anti-malicious site and then refreshed the page. The bug was sported by Chamal de Silva in mid-December 2011 and for it he was awarded $3133 by Google. It is only the third time and the first since June 2011 that Google has paid $ 3,133, the maximum bounty.

Two researchers who spotted the other three bugs were remunerated a total of $ 3000. Those bugs were rated as “high”. This year, Google has already paid $8,000 on bounties while last year it spent more than $ 180,000 on bounties. According to web metrics firm Net Application, Chrome had grabbed a market share of 19.1% of all browsers last month and it is believed at the current pace, Chrome will notch 20% of the market share.