Security News > 2021 > July > Android Updates for July 2021 Patch Tens of High-Severity Vulnerabilities
Google on Wednesday announced the availability of the July 2021 security updates for the Android operating system, which include patches for over 40 vulnerabilities.
Seventeen of the vulnerabilities were addressed with the 2021-07-01 security patch level.
All of these vulnerabilities have a severity rating of high and most of them affect devices running Android 8.1, 9, 10, and 11.
In addition to these flaws, as part of the 2021-07-01 security patch level, Google also mentions three security holes resolved with Google Play system updates.
The second part of this month's Android update arrives as the 2021-07-05 security patch level and brings fixes for a total of 24 vulnerabilities in Framework, System, MediaTek components, Widevine DRM, Qualcomm components, and Qualcomm closed-source components.
While most of the vulnerabilities detailed in the July 2021 Android Security Bulletin are rated high severity, the 2021-07-01 security patch level addresses seven issues considered critical severity.