Google, Mozilla, microsoftand Brave each has issued critical security patches, daily stack reports. The patches address a vulnerability that an attacker could use to gain access or execute malicious code on your computer, and the companies acknowledge that it has been actively exploited in the wild. NIST classifies the vulnerability is so serious. Applications from other companies are affected: the vulnerability is linked to the code used to render WebP images, which are widely used.
The software version numbers that contain the fix are below.
Stack Diary mentioned that ElectronApp-based apps like encrypted messaging app Signal and Bandisoft Honey view They have also released patches for the problem. Other apps, such as Affinity, Gimp, LibreOffice, Telegram, many Android apps, and “cross-platform apps built with Flutter” are also affected, according to the site.