Severe vulnerability found in all browsers, and it’s being attacked

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From PC World:

A severe vulnerability has been found in libwebp, a code library used to render webp images, reports Stack Diary. Webp is a popular image format used by many sites on the Internet – but also by apps and some other software that use web views – and the vulnerability can be used, among other things, to run malicious code on affected devices. Worse yet, it is reportedly being actively exploited by malicious attackers.

The vulnerability has been labelled CVE-2023-4863 and is considered extremely serious. Major browsers such as Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera, Vivaldi, and Brave have already released security fixes. To make sure you have the latest version of a browser, go to Help > About (browser name) in its options menu. If a new update is available, it should then download automatically.
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This is a problem when most all browsers are on the same platform. I was a big Opera user when it was independent. Now Chrome based rules.
 
Corday said:
This is a problem when most all browsers are on the same platform.
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Clearly not the case here. One could hardly say Chrome and Firefox are based on the same platform. I am no expert but the problem, as I see it, is "all" browsers need to render pages so they "appear" the same when viewed. That means they must use many of the same protocols.

It is like getting from A to B requires all vehicles travel the same street. It does not matter if vehicle A is a diesel burning truck, and vehicle B is a gasoline burning car, and vehicle C is a a full EV. They all must follow the same rules of the road, and navigate the same obstacles to get from A to B.
 

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