CHROME RELEASES
RELEASE UPDATES FROM THE CHROME TEAM
Dev Channel Update for Chrome OS
Thursday, September 27, 2012
The Dev channel has been updated to 23.0.1271.11 (Platform version: 2913.27.0) for Chromebooks (Acer AC700, Samsung Series 5 550, Samsung Series 3, and Cr-48) and Samsung Chromebox Series 3. This build contains stability and UI improvements.
Highlights of these changes are:
Stability improvements
UI/UX improvements
Known Issues:
151924
- Local audio and video players broken in ChromeOS
Camera app doesn't start
Settings window doesn't open when you browse as guest
If you find new issues, please let us know by visiting our
help site
or
filing a bug
. Interested in switching channels?
Find out how.
You can submit feedback using ‘Report an issue’ under the wrench menu.
Ben Henry & Josafat Garcia
Google Chrome
Dev Channel Update
Thursday, September 27, 2012
The Dev channel has been updated to 23.0.1271.10 for Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome Frame platforms
This build fixes several known crashes as well as:
Win8: Fixed Pre-edit character appears when bringing up the Touch keyboard (Issue:
151587
)
Mac: Flash timezone issue is fixed (Issue:
149006
)
More details about additional changes are available in the svn
log of all revisions.
You can find out about getting on the Dev channel here:
http://dev.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel
.
If you find new issues, please let us know by filing a bug at
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/entry
Karen Grunberg
Google Chrome
Chrome for Android Update
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
The Chrome team is happy to announce the availability of Chrome for Android on Intel x86 devices, which means that if you have an Android device based on x86, you’ll now be able to experience the speed, security, and simplicity of Chrome.
Chrome 18.0.1026311 is now available for download on
Google Play
and from the Google Play Store on your Intel x86 based mobile device. Known issues are available on the
Chrome support site
. If you find a new issue, please let us know by
filing a bug
. More information on Chrome for Android is available on the
Chrome site
.
Vinod Ramachandran
Google Chrome
Chrome OS Management Console Update
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
The Chrome OS Management Console in the administrator control panel has been updated. This update brings new features including:
Google Translate
Scatter Chrome OS auto updates
Known issues are available
here
. Enterprise customers can report an issue by
contacting support
.
Lawrence Lui
Google Chrome
Beta Channel Update
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
The Beta channel has been updated to 22.0.1229.91 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. A complete log of what changed can be found in the
svn revision log
. Instructions and download links for our different release channels are available on the
Chromium wiki
. If you find what you think is a new bug, please
file it in our issue tracker
.
Jason Kersey
Google Chrome
Dev Channel Update for Chrome OS
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
The Dev channel has been updated to 23.0.1271.8 (Platform version: 2913.21.0) for
Chromebooks (Acer AC700, Samsung Series 5 550,
Samsung Series 3, and Cr-48) and Samsung Chromebox Series 3.
This build contains a number of UI, functional and stability improvements.
Highlights of these changes are:
Pepper Flash updated to versio
n
11.4.31.105
UI improvements
Wifi Improvements
Greater Stability
Known Issues:
150813
Camera app doesn't start
151924
Local media files don't play on device
If you find new issues, please let us know by visiting our
help site
or
filing a bug
. Interested in switching channels?
Find out how.
You can submit feedback using ‘Report an issue’ under the wrench menu.
Ben Henry & Josafat Garcia
Google Chrome
Dev Channel Update
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
The Dev channel has been updated to 23.0.1271.6 for Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome Frame platforms
All
Updated V8 - 3.13.7.2
Several fixes to forced compositing mode (Issues:
150881
,
157920
)
Fixed known crashers (Issue:
146689
, and several audio ones.)
Windows
Fixed path lengths for storage partitions (Issue:
151450
)
Fixed CJK input for Metro mode (Issue:
149136
)
Linux
Fixed WebRTC audio (Issue:
150570
)
More details about additional changes are available in the svn
log of all revisions.
You can find out about getting on the Dev channel here:
http://dev.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel
.
If you find new issues, please let us know by filing a bug at
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/entry
Karen Grunberg
Google Chrome
Stable Channel Update
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
The Chrome Team is excited to announce the promotion of Chrome 22 to the stable channel. Chrome 22.0.1229.79 (also now available on the beta channel) has a number of new and exciting updates including:
Mouse Lock API availability for Javascript
Additional Windows 8 enhancements
Continued polish for users of HiDPI/Retina screens
You can find out more about Chrome 22 on the
Official Chrome Blog
.
Security fixes and rewards:
Please see
the Chromium security page
for more detail. Note that the referenced bugs may be kept private until a majority of our users are up to date with the fix.
Occasionally, we issue special rewards for bugs outside of Chrome, particularly where the bug is very severe and/or we are able to partially work around the issue:
[$
5000
] [
146254
]
Critical
CVE-2012-2897: Windows kernel memory corruption.
Credit to Eetu Luodemaa and Joni Vähämäki, both from
Documill
.
And back to your regular scheduled rewards, including some at the new higher levels:
[$
10000
] [
143439
]
High
CVE-2012-2889: UXSS in frame handling.
Credit to Sergey Glazunov.
[$
5000
] [
143437
]
High
CVE-2012-2886: UXSS in v8 bindings.
Credit to Sergey Glazunov.
[$
2000
] [
139814
]
High
CVE-2012-2881: DOM tree corruption with plug-ins.
Credit to Chamal de Silva.
[$
1000
] [
135432
]
High
CVE-2012-2876: Buffer overflow in SSE2 optimizations.
Credit to Atte Kettunen of OUSPG.
[$
1000
] [
140803
]
High
CVE-2012-2883: Out-of-bounds write in Skia.
Credit to Atte Kettunen of OUSPG.
[$
1000
] [
143609
]
High
CVE-2012-2887: Use-after-free in onclick handling.
Credit to Atte Kettunen of OUSPG.
[$
1000
] [
143656
]
High
CVE-2012-2888: Use-after-free in SVG text references.
Credit to miaubiz.
[$
1000
] [
144899
]
High
CVE-2012-2894: Crash in graphics context handling.
Credit to Sławomir Błażek.
[Mac only] [$
1000
] [
145544
]
High
CVE-2012-2896: Integer overflow in WebGL.
Credit to miaubiz.
[$
500
] [
137707
]
Medium
CVE-2012-2877: Browser crash with extensions and modal dialogs.
Credit to Nir Moshe.
[$
500
] [
139168
]
Low
CVE-2012-2879: DOM topology corruption.
Credit to pawlkt.
[$
500
] [
141651
]
Medium
CVE-2012-2884: Out-of-bounds read in Skia.
Credit to Atte Kettunen of OUSPG.
[
132398
]
High
CVE-2012-2874: Out-of-bounds write in Skia.
Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (Inferno).
[
134955
] [
135488
] [
137106
] [
137288
] [
137302
] [
137547
] [
137556
] [
137606
] [
137635
] [
137880
] [
137928
] [
144579
] [
145079
] [
145121
] [
145163
] [
146462
]
Medium
CVE-2012-2875: Various lower severity issues in the PDF viewer.
Credit to Mateusz Jurczyk of Google Security Team, with contributions by Gynvael Coldwind of Google Security Team.
[
137852
]
High
CVE-2012-2878: Use-after-free in plug-in handling.
Credit to Fermin Serna of Google Security Team.
[
139462
]
Medium
CVE-2012-2880: Race condition in plug-in paint buffer.
Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (Cris Neckar).
[
140647
]
High
CVE-2012-2882: Wild pointer in OGG container handling.
Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (Inferno).
[
142310
]
Medium
CVE-2012-2885: Possible double free on exit.
Credit to the Chromium development community.
[
143798
] [
144072
] [
147402
]
High
CVE-2012-2890: Use-after-free in PDF viewer.
Credit to Mateusz Jurczyk of Google Security Team, with contributions by Gynvael Coldwind of Google Security Team.
[
144051
]
Low
CVE-2012-2891: Address leak over IPC.
Credit to Lei Zhang of the Chromium development community.
[
144704
]
Low
CVE-2012-2892: Pop-up block bypass.
Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (Cris Neckar).
[
144799
]
High
CVE-2012-2893: Double free in XSL transforms.
Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (Cris Neckar).
[
145029
] [
145157
] [
146460
]
High
CVE-2012-2895: Out-of-bounds writes in PDF viewer.
Credit to Mateusz Jurczyk of Google Security Team, with contributions by Gynvael Coldwind of Google Security Team.
Many of the above bugs were detected using
AddressSanitizer
.
We’d also like to thank Arthur Gerkis for working with us during the development cycle and preventing security regressions from ever reaching the stable channel.
Full details about what's in this release are available in the
SVN revision log
. Found a bug?
Report it!
On a different channel, but want to join us on the Beta train? The
Chromium wiki
has you covered.
Jason Kersey
Google Chrome
Stable Channel Update
Monday, September 24, 2012
The Stable channel has been updated to 21.0.1180.90 for Mac 10.5 users only. You can see the list of changes
here
.
If you find new issues, please let us know by filing a bug at
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/entry
Karen Grunberg
Google Chrome
Chrome for iOS Update
Monday, September 24, 2012
Chrome for iOS has been updated to 21.0.1180.82 and is now available in the App Store. This version brings compatibility with the new iPhone 5, along with fixes for Gmail on iOS 6. You can get the update via the App Store, or from the update prompt inside of Chrome. Known issues are available on the
Chrome support site
. If you find a new issue, please let us know by
filing a bug
.
Security fixes and rewards:
Please see the
Chromium security page
for more detail. Note that the referenced bugs may be kept private until a majority of our users are up to date with the fix.
[$
500
] [
146760
]
Medium
CVE-2012-2898: URL bar spoofing with SSL error messages.
Credit to Łukasz Pilorz.
[$
500
] [
147625
]
Medium
CVE-2012-2899: UXSS/SOP bypass with document.write.
Credit to Łukasz Pilorz.
Jason Kersey
Google Chrome
Dev Channel Update for Chrome OS
Thursday, September 20, 2012
The Dev channel has been updated to 23.0.1271.2 (Platform version: 2913.3.0) for
Chromebooks (Acer AC700, Samsung Series 5 550,
Samsung Series 3, and Cr-48) and Samsung Chromebox Series 3.
This build contains a number of UI, functional and stability improvements.
Highlights of these changes are:
Fixed Crash when closing maximized window via Ctrl+W (
147635
)
Fixed Instant search (
148578
)
UI improvements
Known Issues:
34334
- External display gets cropped after resume from sleep
147666
- File Manager downloads "open" button missing.
Workaround:
Right click to open
If you find new issues, please let us know by visiting our
help site
or
filing a bug
. Interested in switching channels?
Find out how.
You can submit feedback using ‘Report an issue’ under the wrench menu.
Ben Henry & Josafat Garcia
Google Chrome
Dev Channel Update
Thursday, September 20, 2012
The Dev channel has been updated to 23.0.1271.1 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome Frame platforms
All
Updated WebKit - 537.11
Fixed simultaneous audio playback is broken (Issue:
150003
)
Fixed bug with Web Intents and non-sticky defaults (Issue:
148740
)
Audio may drop out under certain play / pause cycles. (Issue:
150702
)
More details about additional changes are available in the svn
log of all revision.
You can find out about getting on the Dev channel here:
http://dev.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel
.
If you find new issues, please let us know by filing a bug at
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/entry
Karen Grunberg
Google Chrome
Beta Channel Update
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
The Beta channel has been updated to 22.0.1229.64 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. A complete log of what changed can be found in the
svn revision log
. Instructions and download links for our different release channels are available on the
Chromium wiki
. If you find what you think is a new bug, please
file it in our issue tracker
.
Jason Kersey
Google Chrome
Dev Channel Update
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
The Dev channel has been updated to 23.0.1270.0 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and ChromeFrame platforms
All
Updated V8 - 3.13.7.1
Fixed playback of multiple audio streams with Pepper Flash, WebRTC, and WebAudio.
Fixed crash when attempting to play audio without a sound card or via remote desktop.
Media Galleries Extension API should work on all platforms, though permission format has changed.
Chrome will automatically check for captive portals when showing SSL interstitials or when an HTTP server responds to an HTTPS request.
Windows
Now Chrome on Windows 8 uses a single profile regardless if running on desktop or metro mode. A new menu item has been added to switch mode which cause a relaunch.
More details about additional changes are available in the svn
log of all revisions.
You can find out about getting on the Dev channel here:
http://dev.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel
.
If you find new issues, please let us know by filing a bug at
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/entry
Karen Grunberg
Google Chrome
Beta Channel Update
Thursday, September 13, 2012
The Beta channel has been updated to 22.0.1229.56 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. A complete log of what changed can be found in the
svn revision log
. Instructions and download links for our different release channels are available on the
Chromium wiki
. If you find what you think is a new bug, please
file it in our issue tracker
.
Jason Kersey
Google Chrome
Chrome for Android Update
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
The stable channel of Chrome for Android has been updated to 18.0.1025308. It is now available for download on
Google Play
and in the Google Play Store on your mobile devices, on Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich, or later. The new update includes important security and stability fixes.
Security fixes and rewards:
Please see
the Chromium security page
for more detail. Note that the referenced bugs may be kept private until a majority of our users are up to date with the fix.
[$
500
] [
138210
]
Medium
Information and credential disclosure by file:// URLs.
Credit to Artem Chaykin.
[$
500
] [
138035
]
Medium
Current-tab cross-application scripting (UXSS).
Credit to Artem Chaykin.
[$
500
] [
144813
]
Medium
UXSS via Intent extra data.
Credit to Takeshi Terada.
[$
500
] [
144820
]
Medium
Information and credential disclosure by file:// URLs.
Credit to Takeshi Terada.
[$
500
] [
137532
]
Medium
Android APIs exposed to JavaScript.
Credit to Takeshi Terada.
[$
500
] [
144866
]
Medium
Bypassing same-origin policy for local files with symlinks.
Credit to Takeshi Terada.
[$
500
] [
141889
]
Medium
Cookie theft by malicious local Android app.
Credit to Takeshi Terada.
Known issues are available on the
Chrome support site
. If you find a new issue, please let us know by
filing a bug
. More information on Chrome for Android is available on the
Chrome site
.
Jason Kersey
Google Chrome
Dev Channel Update for Chrome OS
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
The Dev channel has been updated to 23.0.1262.2 (Platform version: 2876.0.0) for
Chromebooks (Acer AC700, Samsung Series 5 550,
Samsung Series 3, and Cr-48) and Samsung Chromebox Series 3.
This build contains a number of UI, functional and stability improvements.
Highlights of these changes are:
Updated Pepper Flash to version 11.3.31.329
Application launcher improvements
Photo import improvements
Desktop support improvements
Notification improvements
Known Issues:
34334
- External display gets cropped after resume from sleep
145312
- Black screen on boot sometimes when using external monitor.
Workaround:
Restart system
148432
- Maximizing an app window results in a blank screen.
Workaround:
Press
Alt+tab or switch window key
148578
- Instant search not working
147635
- Crash when closing maximized window via Ctrl+W
147666
- File Manager downloads "open" button missing.
Workaround:
Right click to open
If you find new issues, please let us know by visiting our
help site
or
filing a bug
. Interested in switching channels?
Find out how.
You can submit feedback using ‘Report an issue’ under the wrench menu.
Ben Henry & Josafat Garcia
Google Chrome
Beta Channel Update
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
The Beta channel has been updated to 22.0.1229.52 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. A complete log of what changed can be found in the
svn revision log
. Instructions and download links for our different release channels are available on the
Chromium wiki
. If you find what you think is a new bug, please
file it in our issue tracker
.
Jason Kersey
Google Chrome
Dev Channel Update
Monday, September 10, 2012
The Dev channel has been updated to 23.0.1262.0 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and ChromeFrame platforms
All
Updated V8 - 3.13.6.0
Updated WebKit - 537.10
All
Fix top crashes (Issue:
142388
,
146606
)
Mac
Make the favicons for chrome:// URLs high DPI (Issue:
145228
)
Linux
Make the new sandbox more robust when denying socket calls.
More details about additional changes are available in the svn
log of all revisions.
You can find out about getting on the Dev channel here:
http://dev.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel
.
If you find new issues, please let us know by filing a bug at
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/entry
Karen Grunberg
Google Chrome
Beta Channel Update
Thursday, September 6, 2012
The Beta channel has been updated to 22.0.1229.39 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. A complete log of what changed can be found in the
svn revision log
. Instructions and download links for our different release channels are available on the
Chromium wiki
. If you find what you think is a new bug, please
file it in our issue tracker
.
Jason Kersey
Google Chrome
Beta Channel Update for Chrome OS
Thursday, September 6, 2012
The Beta channel has been updated to 22.0.1229.33 (Platform version: 2723.63.0) for
Chromebooks (Acer AC700, Samsung Series 5 550,
Samsung Chromebook Series 3, and Cr-48) and Samsung Chromebox Series 3.
This build contains a number of functional and stability improvements.
Highlights of these changes are:
Wifi stability fixes
Fixed
137357
- 3G roaming disabled notification does not accurately reflect roaming status
Fixed
140909
- Right click on items in file manager now shows appropriate actions for filetypes
Fixed
143577
-
Offline page re-load was being triggering too early
Updated Pepper Flash
If you find new issues, please let us know by visiting our
help site
or
filing a bug
. Interested in switching channels?
Find out how.
You can submit feedback using ‘Report an issue’ under the wrench menu.
Danielle Drew
Google Chrome
Dev Channel Update
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
The Dev channel has been updated to 23.0.1255.0 for Windows, Mac, Linux and ChromeFrame platforms
All
Fixed a crash which occurred when scavenging sessionStorages. (Issue:
145068
)
Packaged Apps can now
request access
to local media folders.
Windows
Fixed a bug causing Chrome shortcuts to stop working on Windows 8 after an update. (Issue:
143338
)
Can't scroll down by entering space after switching tab when IME is enabled (Issue:
80772
)
Can't type Japanese/Korean into a text field in a Flash application on Window Vista/7 using MS Japanese IME and MS Korean IME (Issue:
75556
)
Mac
Fix crash when playing video on MB retina (Issue:
141541
)
More details about additional changes are available in the svn
log of all revisions.
You can find out about getting on the Dev channel here:
http://dev.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel
.
If you find new issues, please let us know by filing a bug at
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/entry
Karen Grunberg
Google Chrome
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