Google yesterday released Chrome 38, paying out more than $75,000 in bounties for some of the 159 vulnerabilities patched in the massive security update.

Also, contrary to what Google said in August but in line with its change-of-mind last month, Chrome 38 remained a 32-bit application on OS X, the operating system for Apple’s Mac line.

Of the 159 bugs quashed in Chrome 38, 113 — or 71% — were “relatively minor fixes,” according to Google. Those vulnerabilities had been found using MemorySanitizer, a Google-made tool for sniffing out memory initialization flaws.

Some of the other vulnerabilities were more significant, and produced impressive bounties awarded for their discoverers.

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