VPN service provider Atlas VPN has recently released a report that analyzed the security of today’s web browsers.
Using data from the VulDB vulnerability database — covering January 1, 2022, to October 5, 2022 — the company has found that Google Chrome had 303 vulnerabilities and a cumulative total of 3,159 vulnerabilities as of 2022, making it the most vulnerable browser available.
In fact, Google’s browser was the only one with new vulnerabilities in the first five days of October. Recent ones include CVE-2022-3318, CVE-2022-3314, CVE-2022-3311, CVE-2022-3309, and CVE-2022-3307.
The CVE program tracks security flaws and vulnerabilities across platforms. This database does not list details for these flaws yet, but the report suggests these flaws could lead to memory corruption on a computer.
Luckily, users can remedy these issues by updating to Google Chrome version 106.0.5249.61.
The second place went to Mozilla’s Firefox browser, which had 117 vulnerabilities.
Microsoft Edge comes in next with 103 vulnerabilities or 61% more than the entire year of 2021. Overall, it has had 806 vulnerabilities since its release.
Apple’s Safari, on the other hand, has some of the lowest levels of vulnerabilities. For instance, during the first three quarters of 2022, it had 26 vulnerabilities, while the number for cumulative vulnerabilities is 1,139 since its release.
This is a rather impressive feat considering that Safari reached over a billion users in May 2022; and I’m telling this as a NON-Apple fanboy. Kudos to Cook & Co. for pulling this out.
Finally, it is worth mentioning that the Opera browser had no documented vulnerabilities so far in 2022 and only 344 total vulnerabilities.
Now, we’re hoping these numbers will point you in the right direction. Get yourself the Opera web browser and never look back!