Chrome Release Schedule

Chrome has a relatively tight release cycle of pushing a new stable version every 6 weeks with stable refreshes in between if warranted by critical issues. As a result of its open-source development model, while security fixes are immediately visible in the source tree, they need time to be tested in the non-stable release channels of Chrome before they can be pushed out via the auto-update mechanism as part of a stable release to most of the user-base.

In effect, there’s a window of opportunity for attackers ranging from a couple days to weeks in which the vulnerability details are practically public yet most of the users are vulnerable and cannot obtain a patch.

Where are the going and what can you do?  Read more to find out!