Chrome 143 Patches High-Severity Vulnerabilities

Chrome 143 stable was released with patches for 13 vulnerabilities, including four high-severity flaws in the V8 JavaScript and WebAssembly engine and other components. According to Google, the four high-severity defects include a type confusion issue in V8 (CVE-2025-13630), plus in Google Updater (CVE-2025-13631) and DevTools (CVE-2025-13632), and a use-after-free in Digital Credentials (CVE-2025-13633); Google says it handed out $11,000 for the V8 vulnerability and $3,000 for the Updater bug.

The release also patches three medium-severity security holes in Downloads, Loader and a race condition in V8, and six low-severity flaws, including multiple in Downloads, Split View, WebRTC and Passwords, plus a use-after-free in Media Stream. The latest Chrome iteration is rolling out as version 143.0.7499.40 for Linux and 143.0.7499.40/41 for Windows and macOS, with Android receiving 143.0.7499.52 and iOS 143.0.7499.92; Extended Stable has been updated to 142.0.7499.226 for Windows and macOS. Users are advised to apply the updates promptly, as Chrome vulnerabilities are frequently targeted by threat actors.