14 DAY TRIAL // A new stable version of Chrome for Mac is now available for download, Google has announced in a post.
Google Chrome 5.0.375.127 has been released to the Stable Channel for all supported platforms - Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux.
The release is exclusively focused on dealing with security issues, for which Google also mentions the rewards it has offered to those who found them.
Before delving into the release notes, Google’s Jason Kersey encourages fans to see the Chromium security page for more detail.
“Note that the referenced bugs may be kept private until a majority of our users are up to date with the fix,” he informs.
“Aside from the listed security bugs fixed in Chromium, we have also deployed a workaround for a critical vulnerability where the root cause lies in an external component,” adds Kersey.
Marc Schoenefeld has received credit and $1337 for enabling Google to work around another Windows kernel bug, Kersey highlights.
The changelog then follows, as reproduced below:
[$1337] [45400] Critical Memory corruption with file dialog. Credit to Sergey Glazunov.
[$500] [49596] High Memory corruption with SVGs. Credit to wushi of team509.
[$500] [49628] High Bad cast with text editing. Credit to wushi of team509.
[$1000] [49964] High Possible address bar spoofing with history bug. Credit to Mike Taylor.
[$2000] [50515] [51835] High Memory corruption in MIME type handling. Credit to Sergey Glazunov.
[$1337] [50553] Critical Crash on shutdown due to notifications bug. Credit to Sergey Glazunov.
[51146] Medium Stop omnibox autosuggest if the user might be about to type a password. Credit to Robert Hansen.
[$1000] [51654] High Memory corruption with Ruby support. Credit to kuzzcc.
[$1000] [51670] High Memory corruption with Geolocation support. Credit to kuzzcc.
As usual, those who find issues with the WebKit-based browser are encouraged to drop Google a line at http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/entry.
The most recent stable version of Chrome is immediately available for download via the link below, alongside recent Developer and Beta versions of the browser.