Samsung published One UI April 2021 security patch details

Samsung is currently rolling out the latest One UI 3.1 version for its eligible Galaxy devices that brings various improvements and new features over the previous One UI 3.0. Other than the major upgrades, the company also releases security patches for its devices on a monthly and quarterly basis.

The South Korean tech giant has already started sending the latest security patch released in April 2021 for its top flagship phones and other eligible devices. And now the company has released the details of the April 2021 security patch.

According to the official information, Samsung’s April 2021 patch keeps Galaxy phones and tablets secure against 6 critical and 37 high levels of CVEs. There’s no moderate level of threat found in this month’s patch while the company has already fixed 1 CVE with March’s patch and 1 CVE is not applicable for Samsung Galaxy devices.

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Back in February 2021, the South Korean tech giant has officially announced that it will provide at least four years of up-to-date security patches for the Galaxy devices launched since 2019. Therefore, the company has also released the list of eligible devices that will get monthly/quarterly/other security updates.

List of CVEs fixed in April 2021 security patch:

Critical

CVE-2020-11204, CVE-2020-11228, CVE-2020-11218, CVE-2020-11192, CVE-2020-11227, CVE-2021-0430

High

CVE-2020-11178, CVE-2020-11165, CVE-2020-11195, CVE-2020-11198, CVE-2020-11194, CVE-2020-11220, CVE-2020-11199, CVE-2020-11221, CVE-2020-11308, CVE-2020-11290, CVE-2020-11309, CVE-2020-11186, CVE-2020-11226, CVE-2020-11171, CVE-2020-11222, CVE-2020-11188, CVE-2020-11190, CVE-2020-11189, CVE-2020-11166, CVE-2021-0399, CVE-2021-0400, CVE-2021-0426, CVE-2021-0427, CVE-2021-0432, CVE-2021-0438, CVE-2021-0439, CVE-2021-0442, CVE-2021-0443, CVE-2021-0444, CVE-2021-0338, CVE-2021-0437, CVE-2021-0436, CVE-2021-0471, CVE-2021-0429, CVE-2021-0433, CVE-2021-0431, CVE-2021-0435

Moderate

None

Already included in previous updates

CVE-2020-11223

Not applicable to Samsung devices

CVE-2020-11299, CVE-2021-0446

* Please see Android Security Bulletin for detailed information on Google patches HERE.