Twenty-one of the resolved security defects were reported by external researchers, including one critical-, eight high-, nine medium-, and three low-severity vulnerabilities.

A total of nine use-after-free issues were resolved with the latest browser update, the most important of which is a critical flaw in the Network Service component, reported by Google Project Zero researcher Sergei Glazunov, the company notes in an advisory.

Chrome 105 also patches five high-severity use-after-free vulnerabilities, impacting browser components such as WebSQL, Layout, PhoneHub, and Browser Tag.

Google says it handed out between $5,000 and $10,000 for four of the issues, but has yet to determine the amount to be paid for the fifth.