SQLite "Magellan" bug affects Chrome-based browsers, thousands of apps

With the Internet being people's primary gateway to today's services, web browsers have often been the target of hackers and security researchers trying to discover potential vulnerabilities. One such vulnerability has been discovered by Tencent's Blade security team and nicknamed "Magellan". While it affects a large chunk of browsers that use the open source Chromium engine, including Google Chrome itself, …