Pixel Watch Security Bulletin—May 2024

Published May 7, 2024

The Pixel Watch Security Bulletin contains details of security vulnerabilities affecting Pixel Watch devices (Google Devices). For Google devices, security patch levels of 2024-05-05 or later address all applicable issues in the May 2024 Android Security Bulletin and all issues in this bulletin. To learn how to check a device's security patch level, see Pixel Watch Help Center

All supported Google devices will receive an update to the 2024-05-05 patch level. We encourage all customers to accept these updates to their devices.

Announcements

In addition to the security vulnerabilities described in the Android Security Bulletin, Google Pixel Watch also contains patches for the security vulnerabilities described in the Wear Security bulletin and in the Pixel Update Bulletin

Common questions and answers

This section answers common questions that may occur after reading this bulletin.

1. How do I determine if my device is updated to address these issues?

Security patch levels of 2024-05-05 or later address all issues associated with the 2024-05-05 security patch level and all previous patch levels. To learn how to check a device's security patch level, read the instructions on the Pixel Watch Release Notes.

2. Why are security vulnerabilities split between this bulletin and the Android Security Bulletins?

Security vulnerabilities that are documented in the Android Security Bulletins are required to declare the latest security patch level on Android devices. Additional security vulnerabilities, such as those documented in this bulletin are not required for declaring a security patch level.

3. What do the entries in the Type column mean?

Entries in the Type column of the vulnerability details table reference the classification of the security vulnerability.

Abbreviation Definition
RCE Remote code execution
EoP Elevation of privilege
ID Information disclosure
DoS Denial of service
N/A Classification not available

4. What do the entries in the References column mean?

Entries under the References column of the vulnerability details table may contain a prefix identifying the organization to which the reference value belongs.

Prefix Reference
A- Android bug ID

5. What does an * next to the Android bug ID in the References column mean?

Issues that are not publicly available have an * next to the Android bug ID in the References column.

Versions

Version Date Notes
1.0 May 7, 2024 Bulletin published