Microsoft Edge has begun rolling out Version 109.0.1518.140, brings fixes to the browser on Windows 7, 8, Server 2012 R2, based on Windows 8.1. The update was made for extended downlevel support for Windows M109.
Microsoft brings a Fix the vulnerability CVE-2023-4863 From the stable version of Edge, which the Chromium team has identified as containing the vulnerability. The Chrome team, in turn, received a report from someone at Apple and the University of Toronto, reporting a heap buffer overflow in WebP.
Since January this year, users of the six generations of the operating system have stopped receiving new features and security fixes, and therefore, web browsing will no longer be practical and safe in the above-mentioned versions of Windows.
The browser still has a large user base on older versions of Windows, and keeping the software updated with new features and security and privacy improvements will be a way to support those who haven’t upgraded to Windows 10 and 11. The company insists that users update to the latest version of Windows, but the instability of some features means that most features still work with Windows 10; Some are even choosing Windows 7, even though support for it ends in 2020.
