---
title: "New Chrome Browser 0-day Under Active Attack—Update Immediately!"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/new-chrome-browser-0-day-under-active-attack-update-immediately--yohsutkyu
source_url: https://thehackernews.com/2021/02/new-chrome-browser-0-day-under-active.html
type: article
source: "The Hacker News"
published: 2021-02-05T07:43:16.552Z
updated: 2021-10-07T14:17:10.317Z
tags: ["security", "google", "cyber", "google-chrome"]
upvotes: 61
comments: 5
language: en
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# New Chrome Browser 0-day Under Active Attack—Update Immediately!

**[The Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/thn)** · 61 upvotes · 5 comments

## Summary

Google releases Chrome 88.0.4324.150 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. The fix is for a heap buffer overflow flaw in its V8 JavaScript rendering engine. The security flaw was reported to Google by Mattias Buelens on January 24. It's not immediately clear if CVE-2021-21148 was used in these attacks.

## Full article

daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: <https://thehackernews.com/2021/02/new-chrome-browser-0-day-under-active.html>

## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@spiritbreaker** · 2 upvotes

> Google has patched a zero-day vulnerability in Chrome web browser for desktop that it says is being actively exploited in the wild. You should update Chrome now

**@neeraj1005** · 0 upvotes

> Is there are some vulnerability?

**@adilabbasi** · 0 upvotes

> "Access to bug details and links may be kept restricted until a majority of users are updated with a fix"
>
> Google Chrome Release updates from the Chrome team ->
> https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/02/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_4.html

**@therod** · 0 upvotes

> You can request a safety check in Chrome's settings for those unsure. It will surely tell you if anything is compromised

**@kishon** · 0 upvotes

> Woah... That is some dangerous shizz right there... let's hope it's already fixed

## Similar posts on daily.dev

- [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments
- [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments
- [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments
- [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments
- [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments

---

Tags: [#security](https://daily.dev/tags/security), [#google](https://daily.dev/tags/google), [#cyber](https://daily.dev/tags/cyber), [#google-chrome](https://daily.dev/tags/google-chrome)

[View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/new-chrome-browser-0-day-under-active-attack-update-immediately--yohsutkyu)