Security News > 2020 > November > Google Patches 30 Vulnerabilities With November 2020 Android Updates
Google this week announced the availability of a new set of monthly patches for the Android operating system, containing fixes for a total of 30 vulnerabilities.
The first part of the update, the 2020-11-01 security patch level addresses a total of 17 vulnerabilities in the Android runtime, Framework, Media Framework, and System components.
System was the Android component that received patches for the largest number of vulnerabilities this month, at seven.
This month's Android patches also address three vulnerabilities in Framework and one in Android runtime.
This week, Google also announced the availability of a separate set of patches for Pixel devices, containing fixes for four bugs in Qualcomm components and Qualcomm closed-source components.
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