On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 12:05 AM, Thanasis <thana...@asyr.hopto.org> wrote:
> I noticed that chromium's code has a lot of vulnerabilities. > https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=www-client%2Fchromium > I suppose this is why we see so often version upgrades of it (and it's > not a small app to build). > Why is its code so, should I say prone to bugs, compared to > other browsers? > > Firefox isn't perfect either https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=www-client%2Ffirefox&list_id=337885 I think you hit the nail on the head by saying that "it's not a small app to build". The more code that's written increases the the chances a security holes will be introduced into the application. And as an internet browser, they're also susceptible to many more vectors of attack than most other packages. For chromium specifically, I haven't looked at the CVEs but I suspect many are for webkit and not just Chromium. Just my 2c.
