Security News > 2020 > October > Android's October 2020 Security Update Patches 48 Vulnerabilities
The October 2020 security updates for Android patch a total of 48 vulnerabilities, including critical-severity flaws that affect Qualcomm closed-source components.
Twenty of the vulnerabilities described in the latest Android Security Bulletin were patched as part of the 2020-10-01 security patch level, the most important of which is a high-risk bug in System that could allow a remote attacker to gain additional permissions.
The second part of this month's update arrives on devices as the 2020-10-05 security patch level and addresses 28 bugs in Kernel, MediaTek components, Qualcomm components, and Qualcomm closed-source components.
No security patches specific to Pixel devices were released this month.
Last month, Google started rolling out Android 11, which arrived with various new security improvements, including many designed specifically for the work profile that has been present on the operating system since 2014.
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