Chrome, Firefox, Brave and Edge are recommended to update, otherwise your computer can be accessed through a vulnerability

Google, Mozilla, Microsoft and Brave browsers are recommended to be updated soon: their developers have released importanc patches that fix vulnerabilities which could be used to gain access to users' computers and run malicious code on them:

The vulnerabilities found in browsers are classified by NIST as serious. The developers admit that it has been used quite actively by attackers. Furthermore, this vulnerability exists in a number of other applications, not just browsers. It turns out that it is related to the code used to render WebP images, which are widely used today.

The Verge has listed the version numbers of the browsers that have fixed the vulnerability:

• Google – Chrome, version 116.0.5846.187 (Mac/Linux); Chrome, version 116.0.5845.187/.188 (Windows)
• Mozilla: Firefox 117.0.1; Firefox ESR 102.15.1; Firefox ESR 115.2.1; Thunderbird 102.15.1; Thunderbird 115.2.2.
• Mozilla: Firefox 117.0.1; Firefox ESR 102.15.1; Firefox ESR 115.2.1; Thunderbird 102.15.1; Thunderbird 115.2.2.
• Edge, version 0.1938.81. Microsoft. Edge, version 0.1938.81.
• Brave: Brave browser, version 1.57.64. Brave. Brave browser, version 1.57.64.

Applications based on Electron, such as the encrypted messaging application Signal or Bandisoft's Honeyview, have also released patches to address this issue. Other applications such as Affinity, Gimp, LibreOffice, Telegram, as well as many other Android applications and "cross-platform applications built with Flutter" could also be affected by this vulnerability.

Note that Apple also released a security patch this week to address the same issue. Although the company addresses the issue on the NIST website with a different number.