Google Releases July 2019’s Android Security Patch to Fix over 30 Security Flaws

Google has released today the Android Security Patch for July 2019 for all supported Pixel devices to address the latest security issues, fix bugs, and add various improvements.

Consisting of the 2019-07-01 and 2019-07-05 security patch levels, July 2019’s Android Security Patch is here to address a total of 33 security vulnerabilities affecting Android devices, which were discovered in the Android system, framework, library, media framework, as well as Qualcomm components, including closed-source ones. The most critical flaw was discovered in Android’s Media framework.

“The most severe of these issues is a critical security vulnerability in Media framework that could enable a remote attacker using a specially crafted file to execute arbitrary code within the context of a privileged process. The severity assessment is based on the effect that exploiting the vulnerability would possibly have on an affected device,” reads the security bulletin.

Improvements for Pixel, Pixel 2, Pixel 3, and Pixel 3a devices

Apart from all the security fixes, the Android Security Patch for July 2019 also fixes various bugs for supported Pixel devices. As such, it improves the “OK Google” hotword and music detection on Pixel 2, Pixel 2 XL, Pixel 3, Pixel 3 XL, Pixel 3a, Pixel 3a XL devices, and addresses an issue for some Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL devices getting stuck during boot.

Moreover, Google fixed an issue on Pixel 3, Pixel 3, XL, Pixel 3a, and Pixel 3a XL devices getting stuck in EDL mode with a blank screen, improves Unicode Japanese language support for Pixel, Pixel XL, Pixel 2, Pixel 2 XL, Pixel 3, Pixel 3 XL, Pixel 3a, and Pixel 3a XL devices, and improves the performance of the Titan M module on the Pixel 3, Pixel 3 XL, Pixel 3a, and Pixel 3a XL.

The Android Security Patch for July 2019 is now rolling out to all supported Pixel devices, including the Pixel 2, Pixel 2 XL, Pixel 3, Pixel 3 XL, Pixel 3a, and Pixel 3a XL, and it should also be available shortly for…

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