Google Updates Chrome for 10 Security Flaws

"Google is updating the stable version of its Chrome Web browser for Windows, Mac and Linux, addressing a handful of security vulnerabilities -- including four that could put users at risk simply by viewing a maliciously constructed image file.

"Those vulnerabilities addressed in Chrome 5.0.375.99 are rated as "high" severity, and include a high-memory corruption flaw that could be triggered by an invalid PNG image file. Google awarded security researcher Aki Helin $1,000 for the discovery of the vulnerability, which he reported June 7.

"However, because the flaw is actually rooted in the open source libpng program -- which is also in use by other Web browsers and open source applications -- Helin later suggested in Google's tracking system that the company help mitigate the risk to other browsers and applications still using a vulnerable version of libpng by holding off on fixing the vulnerability"

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