Samsung Shared October 2024 Security Update Bulletin & Galaxy Device List
Samsung has wrapped up its September 2024 security update, and guess what? The company has now released the latest October 2024 Security Maintenance Release (SMR) for its major Galaxy models, as we have already entered the month of October. This newest SMR package is full of security patches from both Samsung and Google.
Samsung October 2024 Security Update Is Here
Google patches include security patches up to Android Security Bulletin for the latest October 2024 security package, containing plenty of CVE items.
The CVE items of Google’s patches include 2 critical CVEs, 28 high-level CVEs, 1 CVE item is already included in the previous update, and finally, 2 CVE items are not applicable to Samsung devices. Alongside, there’s a high-level CVE item Samsung Semiconductor patch included in this newer Security Maintenance Release.
Accompanied by the aforementioned Google security patches (CVEs) and Samsung Semiconductor, this latest October 2024 Android Security Bulletin also consists of 12 Samsung Vulnerabilities and Exposures (SVE) items, which significantly improve the overall security of the Galaxy devices to offer a safe and secure environment to the users.
These SVEs eventually include the improvisations in Activity Manager, Knox Guard, and several other relevant improvements for the overall Galaxy ecosystem. Additionally, this security maintenance release also comes with Android application updates, including Sound Assistant, Samsung Internet, and Samsung VideoPlayer. It prominently helps companies to improve the security of Galaxy phones’s applications, wearables, and tablets.
Meanwhile, Samsung has changed the frequency of the Galaxy A52s 5G (Enterprise Edition), which was previously kept on the monthly security update list and is now shifted to the quarterly security update list.
Samsung Devices that will get the update
- Galaxy Z Fold3 5G, Galaxy Z Flip3 5G, Galaxy Z Fold4, Galaxy Z Flip4, Galaxy Z Fold5, Galaxy Z Flip5, Galaxy Z Fold6, Galaxy Z Flip6, W23, W23 flip, W24, W24 Flip
- Galaxy S20 FE, Galaxy S20 FE 5G, Galaxy S21 5G, Galaxy S21+ 5G, Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G, Galaxy S21 FE 5G, Galaxy S22, Galaxy S22+, Galaxy S22 Ultra, Galaxy S23, Galaxy S23+, Galaxy S23 Ultra, Galaxy S23 FE, Galaxy S24, Galaxy S24+, Galaxy S24 Ultra, Galaxy S24 FE
- Enterprise Models: Galaxy A53 5G, Galaxy A54 5G, Galaxy A55 5G, Galaxy Xcover5, Galaxy Xcover6 Pro, Galaxy Xcover7