Google on Tuesday announced the Chrome 65 web browser in the stable channel for all supported operating systems, including GNU/Linux, macOS, and Microsoft Windows.
Google Chrome 65.0.3325.146 is now the latest stable version of the Chromium-based browser and introduces two new APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) for web developers, namely the Paint CSS API and the ServerTiming API, which Google announced during the beta development phases.
Of course, this new stable version of Chrome also brings various other improvements to many of the web browser's components, including the Blink mechanism, as well as numerous security fixes. According to Google, a total of 45 security vulnerabilities have been addressed in Chrome 65.
"The Chrome team is pleased to announce Chrome 65 to the stable channel for Windows, Mac, and Linux, which will be released in the coming days. Chrome 65.0.3325.146 contains a number of fixes and improvements," a company spokesperson said.
Among the security fixes included in the Google Chrome 65 release, we can mention two for vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player and one for a vulnerability in the Blink engine.
It also addresses object lifecycle issues in Chrome Custom Tab, some incorrect permissions on shared memory, a buffer overflow in Skia, CSP bypass via extensions, an overflow in PDFium, a buffer overflow in WebGL, and poor handling of URL identifiers in the Blink engine.
The problematic downloads are also fixed in Chrome 65, which addresses a buffer overflow when using SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) filters, a URL spoof in OmniBox, information disclosure via WebGL and IPC calls, and an XSS in parentheses.
More details about these security patches are available in the release announcement published by Google.
Update: Google also announced the release of the Chrome Web browser for Android devices with a built-in ad blocker and a slew of other improvements.
