Download Google Chrome 18.0.1025.151

Google has released the first update to version 18 of its Chrome web browser. Google Chrome is available in three different versions: stable, beta and dev. Development versions are at an early stage of development and are therefore the least stable. In version 18, especially the graphic part be faster and more beautiful. This update contains several bug fixes and of course the necessary security problems have been solved. The complete release notes for version 18.0.1025.151 are below.

Stable and Beta Channel Updates

The Chrome Stable and Beta channels have been updated to 18.0.1025.151 on Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome Frame. This release fixes issues including:

• black screen on Hybrid Graphics system with GPU accelerated compositing enabled (Issue: 117371)
• CSS not applied to element (Issue: 114667)
• Regression rendering a div with background gradient and borders (Issue: 113726)
• Canvas 2D line drawing bug with GPU acceleration (Issue: 121285)
• Multiple Crashes (Issues: 72235, 116825 and 92998)
• Popup dialog is at wrong position (Issue: 116045)
• HTML Canvas patterns are broken if you change the transformation matrix (Issue: 112165)
• SSL interstitial error “proceed anyway” / “back to safety” buttons don’t work (Issue: 119252)

Known Issues:

• HTML5 audio doesn’t work on some Mac computers (Issue: 109441)

Security fixes and rewards:

A new version of Flash Player is included. More details are available in an addendum to this Flash Player advisory.

Please see the Chromium security page for more detail. Note that the referenced bugs may be kept private until a majority of our users are up to date with the fix.

• [106577] Medium CVE-2011-3066: Out-of-bounds read in Skia clipping.
• [117583] Medium CVE-2011-3067: Cross-origin iframe replacement.
• [117698] high CVE-2011-3068: Use-after-free in run-in handling.
• [117728] high CVE-2011-3069: Use-after-free in-line box handling.
• [118185] High CVE-2011-3070: Use after free in v8 bindings.
• [118273] high CVE-2011-3071: Use after free in HTMLMediaElement.
• [118467] Low CVE-2011-3072: Cross-origin violation parenting pop-up window.
• [118593] high CVE-2011-3073: Use after free in SVG resource handling.
• [119281] Medium CVE-2011-3074: Use after free in media handling.
• [119525] high CVE-2011-3075: Use-after-free applying style command.
• [120037] high CVE-2011-3076: Use after free in focus handling.
• [120189] Medium CVE-2011-3077: Read-after-free in script bindings.

Many of these bugs were detected using AddressSanitizer.

Full details about what changes are in this release are available in the SVN revision log. Interested in hopping on the stable channel? Find out how. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.