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Google and Samsung Issue June Android Security Updates to Seal Critical Vulnerabilities

Google’s shift to stability-based rollouts underpins the June patches that lock down privilege escalation routes in Android’s core components.

Neues Sicherheitsupdate: Samsung stopft 19 gefährliche Schwachstellen

Overview

  • Google’s June security update patches 34 vulnerabilities, including a system-level flaw that enables unauthorized privilege escalation without any user interaction.
  • Samsung’s June patch addresses 19 device-specific flaws and integrates Google’s monthly Android security fixes in an over-the-air update for Galaxy phones and tablets.
  • Updated firmware for Pixel devices rolls out immediately, with source code changes delivered to the Android Open Source Project within 48 hours for broader OEM adoption.
  • The Google patch also contains fixes for components from ARM, Imagination Technologies, and Qualcomm, alongside Wi-Fi and runtime vulnerabilities delivered to older devices via Google Play.
  • Samsung’s update closes exploits that exposed data on Samsung Cloud for Galaxy Watch and prevents unauthorized screenshots and Bluetooth visibility attacks on wearable devices.