Google Chrome emergency update fixes 6th zero-day exploited in 2024

Google released emergency updates for Chrome to patch CVE-2024-4761, a high-severity out-of-bounds write in the V8 JavaScript engine that the company says is being exploited in the wild; fixes are available in Chrome 124.0.6367.207/.208 (platform-dependent) and will roll out to users, with Google retaining limited public details while updates propagate. The report notes this is the sixth actively exploited Chrome zero-day in 2024 and lists prior patched zero-days.