This Flaw Can Crash Your Chrome Browser in Seconds

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A newly discovered flaw can crash a browser session in seconds.

The vulnerability affects browsers that use the open-source Chromium platform, including Google’s Chrome and Microsoft’s Edge, according to security researcher Jose Pino, who disclosed the threat this week. “It allows any Chromium browser to collapse in 15-60 seconds by exploiting an architectural flaw,” he says. 

The so-called…