The Stable channel has been updated to 38.0.2125.101 (Platform version: 6158.49.0, 6158.56.0) for all Chrome OS devices except Chromeboxes. This build contains a number of bug fixes, security updates and feature enhancements. Systems will be receiving updates over the next several days.
Here is a list of Chromium changes.
Some highlights of these changes are:
- MTP support in the Files app - you can now plug in your Android phone and get files from it
- We’ve added a set of features to enhance touch screen accessibility
Security Fixes and Rewards
Note: Access to bug details and links may be kept restricted until a majority of users are updated with a fix. We will also retain restrictions if the bug exists in a third party library that other projects similarly depend on, but haven’t yet fixed.
Below, we highlight fixes that were either contributed by external researchers or particularly interesting. Please see the
Chromium security page page for more information.
- [$27633.70][416449] Critical CVE-2014-3188: A special thanks to Jüri Aedla for a combination of V8 and IPC bugs that can lead to remote code execution outside of the sandbox.
- [417329] Low CVE-2014-[6271, 7169, 7186, 7187]: Code execution via bash environment variables.
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filing a bug. Interested in switching channels?
Find out how. You can submit feedback using ‘Report an issue...’ in the Chrome menu (3 horizontal bars in the upper right corner of the browser).
Dharani Govindan
Google Chrome
