'High-severity vulnerability' found in Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge; SingCERT advises users to update browsers

Summary

Users and administrators of Google Chrome and other Chromium-based browsers should update to the latest versions immediately
Hackers are actively exploiting a “high-severity vulnerability” affecting older versions of the browsers
The vulnerability, designated CVE-2024-4947, is caused by a type confusion bug in the V8 JavaScript engine
The bug allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page

‘High-severity vulnerability’ found in Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge; SingCERT advises users to update browsers