Google updates Chrome to address an actively exploited high-severity zero-day vulnerability in Mojo, its sixth patch for zero-day vulnerabilities in 2022
Google has released Chrome 105.0.5195.102 for Windows, Mac, and Linux users to address a single high-severity security flaw … Source: Google Chrome Releases .
Context & Ripple Effects
Chrome’s response is part of a repeated 2022 pattern: Google had already issued an in-the-wild zero-day fix for Windows in July and a cross-platform emergency patch in March. The recurrence makes update deployment—not merely vulnerability disclosure—the operational issue for Chrome’s Windows, Mac, and Linux install base.
First-order effects
- Google’s Chrome 105.0.5195.102 release gives Windows, Mac, and Linux users a patch for the actively exploited high-severity flaw in Mojo.
- Organizations running Chrome must prioritize deployment because the vulnerability was already being exploited, while Google closes its sixth reported Chrome zero-day of 2022.
Second-order effects
- Enterprise IT and security teams face a more persistent cadence of urgent browser updates as Chrome’s exploited flaws require out-of-band remediation rather than routine patch scheduling.
Third-order effects
- If the repeated exploited-zero-day pattern continues, browser security increasingly becomes an ecosystem-defense function in which vendor patch speed and customer update adoption jointly determine exposure.
The trend: Chrome’s 2022 patch history points to browser security shifting toward continual emergency-response cycles for vulnerabilities already used in attacks.