NW.js v0.18.5 Released with Chromium 54 Security Update

[Roger Wang]

NW.js 0.18.5 is here with Chromium 54 security update and bug fixes: High CVE-2016-5198: Out of bounds memory access in V8. Chromium updated to 54.0.2840.87 for Windows, Mac, and 54.0.2840.90 for Linux. We use the same version 54.0.2840.90 for all the 3 platforms after reviewing the changes between 54.0.2840.90 and 54.0.2840.87.

Following our release plan in 2016, we release new versions as soon as Chromium stable is updated.

For more information on the new milestone 0.13 and later versions, please see our blog "What's New in 0.13" for a better introduction.

ChangeLog

• Update Chromium to 54.0.2840.90
• Fix: node worker Uncaught Error: No such module: url (#5422)
• Fix: Crashed when exiting nw without --enable-node-worker (#5420)
• Fix: Gamepad API not working (#5377)
• Fix: --single-process Seg Fault (#5382)

Full changelog: https://github.com/nwjs/nw.js/blob/nw18/CHANGELOG.md

Download

• https://dl.nwjs.io/v0.18.5/nwjs-v0.18.5-win-x64.zip
• https://dl.nwjs.io/v0.18.5/nwjs-v0.18.5-osx-x64.zip
• https://dl.nwjs.io/v0.18.5/nwjs-v0.18.5-linux-x64.tar.gz

SDK build:

• https://dl.nwjs.io/v0.18.5/nwjs-sdk-v0.18.5-win-x64.zip
• https://dl.nwjs.io/v0.18.5/nwjs-sdk-v0.18.5-osx-x64.zip
• https://dl.nwjs.io/v0.18.5/nwjs-sdk-v0.18.5-linux-x64.tar.gz

Binaries for other platforms: https://dl.nwjs.io/v0.18.5/

There are 2 builds for each platform - normal build, and SDK build. Normal build doesn't have devtools, only SDK build does. lt can be opened by pressing F12 (Cmd-Alt-I on OSX). SDK packages also have more development tools to be exposed in the following releases, as well as the NaCl support.

Our build infrastructure enables live binary build from git tip so you can access to the latest binary from https://dl.nwjs.io/live-build/

Known issues

http://docs.nwjs.io/en/latest/For%20Users/Migration/From%200.12%20to%200.13/#known-issues