Chrome version 16.0.912.66 (Platform version: 1193.117)

Release highlights:
  • Read about improvements to Chrome over on the Google Chome blog
  • Support for .zip files
  • Onscreen indication when caps lock is enabled
  • Warning messages regarding low disk space
  • Telegu and Kannada languages now supported
  • Updated Pepper Flash version
  • Crash fixes
  • Security updates
If you find new issues, please let us know by visiting our help site or filing a bug. Interested in switching to the Beta channel? Find out how. You can submit feedback using ‘Report an issue’ under the wrench menu.

Danielle Drew
Google Chrome


Jason Kersey
Google Chrome


Security fixes and rewards:
Please 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

  • [81753] Medium CVE-2011-3903: Out-of-bounds read in regex matching. Credit to David Holloway of the Chromium development community.
  • [95465] Low CVE-2011-3905: Out-of-bounds reads in libxml. Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (Inferno).
  • [$500] [98809] Medium CVE-2011-3906: Out-of-bounds read in PDF parser. Credit to Aki Helin of OUSPG.
  • [$1000] [99016] High CVE-2011-3907: URL bar spoofing with view-source. Credit to Luka Treiber of ACROS Security.
  • [100863] Low CVE-2011-3908: Out-of-bounds read in SVG parsing. Credit to Aki Helin of OUSPG.
  • [101010] Medium CVE-2011-3909: [64-bit only] Memory corruption in CSS property array. Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (scarybeasts) and Chu.
  • [101494] Medium CVE-2011-3910: Out-of-bounds read in YUV video frame handling. Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (Cris Neckar).
  • [101779] Medium CVE-2011-3911: Out-of-bounds read in PDF. Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (scarybeasts) and Robert Swiecki of the Google Security Team.
  • [$1000] [102359] High CVE-2011-3912: Use-after-free in SVG filters. Credit to Arthur Gerkis.
  • [$1000] [103921] High CVE-2011-3913: Use-after-free in Range handling. Credit to Arthur Gerkis.
  • [$1000] [104011] High CVE-2011-3914: Out-of-bounds write in v8 i18n handling. Credit to Sławomir Błażek.
  • [$1000] [104529] High CVE-2011-3915: Buffer overflow in PDF font handling. Credit to Atte Kettunen of OUSPG.
  • [$500] [104959] Medium CVE-2011-3916: Out-of-bounds reads in PDF cross references. Credit to Atte Kettunen of OUSPG.
  • [105162] Medium CVE-2011-3917: Stack-buffer-overflow in FileWatcher. Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (Marty Barbella).
  • [107258] High CVE-2011-3904: Use-after-free in bidi handling. Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (Inferno) and miaubiz.


The bugs [95465], [100863], [101494], [102359], [103921] and [105162] were detected using AddressSanitizer.

In addition, we would like to thank miaubiz, Eric Bidelman, and Sławomir Błażek for working with us in the development cycle and preventing bugs from ever reaching the stable channel. Various rewards were issued.

Thanks for using Chrome! If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.

Have a happy holiday season!

Anthony Laforge
Google Chrome

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For an overview of key features in this release check out the Google Chrome Blog.  Interested in switching to the Beta or Stable channels?  You can also take a look at the changelog to see what happened in this release since .59.

Find out how.  If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.

Anthony Laforge
Google Chrome
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For an overview of key features in this release check out the Google Chrome Blog.  Interested in switching to the Beta or Stable channels?  You can also take a look at the changelog to see what happened in this release since .41.

Find out how.  If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.

Anthony Laforge
Google Chrome
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