You can’t knock an application that’s updated this frequently.
On Wednesday, Google released version 27.0.1453.93 of its Chrome web browser. The update, a 49.8 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and changes:
– Web pages load 5% faster on average
– Chrome.syncFileSystem API
– Improved ranking of predictions, improved spell correction, and numerous fundamental improvements for Omnibox predictions. Please see the Help Center for more information on our updated policies.
Security fixes:
– [235638] High CVE-2013-2837: Use-after-free in SVG.
– [235311] Medium CVE-2013-2838: Out-of-bounds read in v8.
– [230176] High CVE-2013-2839: Bad cast in clipboard handling.
– [230117] High CVE-2013-2840: Use-after-free in media loader.
– [227350] High CVE-2013-2841: Use-after-free in Pepper resource handling.
– [226696] High CVE-2013-2842: Use-after-free in widget handling.
– [222000] High CVE-2013-2843: Use-after-free in speech handling.
– [196393] High CVE-2013-2844: Use-after-free in style resolution.
– [188092] [179522] [222136] [188092] High CVE-2013-2845: Memory safety issues in Web Audio.
– [177620] High CVE-2013-2846: Use-after-free in media loader.
– [176692] High CVE-2013-2847: Use-after-free race condition with workers.
– [176137] Medium CVE-2013-2848: Possible data extraction with XSS Auditor.
– [171392] Low CVE-2013-2849: Possible XSS with drag+drop or copy+paste.
Google Chrome 27.0.1453.93 requires an Intel-based Mac with Mac OS X 10.6 or later to install and run. If you’ve tried the new version and have any feedback to offer, please let us know in the comments.