Download Google Chrome 21.0.1180.60

Google has released the first stable release of version 21 of its Chrome web browser. The version number is 21.0.1180.60 for Windows and 21.0.1180.57 for Linux and Mac OS X. 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. New in version 21 is that the browser can now access the microphone and webcam without plugins, of course only after permission from the user. There is also improved support for Google Cloud Print, gamepads and the retinascreens on the Mac

Stable Channel Release

The Chrome team is excited to announce the release of Chrome 21 to the Stable Channel. 21.0.1180.57 for Mac and Linux. 21.0.1180.60 for Windows and Chrome Frame. Chrome 21 contains a number of new features including a new API for high-quality video and audio communication. More detailed updates are available on the Chrome Blog.

Security fixes and rewards:

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

• [Linux only] [125225] Medium CVE-2012-2846: Cross-process interference in renderers.
• [127522] Low CVE-2012-2847: Missing re-prompt to user upon excessive downloads.
• [127525] Medium CVE-2012-2848: Overly broad file access granted after drag+drop.
• [128163] Low CVE-2012-2849: Off-by-one read in GIF decoder.
• [130251] [130592] [130611] [131068] [131237] [131252] [131621] [131690] [132860] Medium CVE-2012-2850: Various lower severity issues in the PDF viewer.
• [132585] [132694] [132861] High CVE-2012-2851: Integer overflows in PDF viewer.
• [134028] High CVE-2012-2852: Use-after-free with bad object linkage in PDF.
• [134101] Medium CVE-2012-2853: webRequest can interfere with the Chrome Web Store.
• [134519] Low CVE-2012-2854: Leak of pointer values ​​to WebUI renderers.
• [134888] High CVE-2012-2855: Use after free in PDF viewer.
• [134954] [135264] High CVE-2012-2856: Out-of-bounds writes in PDF viewer.
• [136235] High CVE-2012-2857: Use after free in CSS DOM.
• [136894] High CVE-2012-2858: Buffer overflow in WebP decoder.
• [Linux only] [137541] Critical CVE-2012-2859: Crash in tab handling.
• [137671] Medium CVE-2012-2860: Out-of-bounds access when clicking in date picker.

Many of the above 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.