Download Google Chrome 18.0.1025.168

Google has released an 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. Version 18.0.1025.168 was released to address a handful of security vulnerabilities.

Stable Channel Update

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

• [106413] High CVE-2011-3078: Use after free in float handling.
• [117110] High CVE-2012-1521: Use after free in xml parser.
• [117627] Medium CVE-2011-3079: IPC validation failure.
• [121726] Medium CVE-2011-3080: Race condition in sandbox IPC.

• [121899] High CVE-2011-3081: Use after free in float handling.

The bugs [106413], [117110] and [121899] 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.