Wear OS Security Bulletin—January 2024

Published January 3, 2024

The Wear OS Security Bulletin contains details of security vulnerabilities affecting the Wear OS platform. The full Wear OS update comprises the security level of 2024-01-05 or later from the January 2024 Android Security Bulletin in addition to all issues in this bulletin.

We encourage all customers to accept these updates to their devices.

Announcements

• In addition to the security vulnerabilities described in the January 2024 Android Security Bulletin, the January 2024 Wear OS Security Bulletin also contains es specifically for Wear OS vulnerabilities as described below.

2024-01-05 security level vulnerability details

In the sections below, we provide details for each of the security vulnerabilities that apply to the 2024-01-05 level. Vulnerabilities are grouped under the component they affect. Issues are described in the tables below and include CVE ID, associated references, type of vulnerability, severity, and updated AOSP versions (where applicable). When available, we link the public change that addressed the issue to the bug ID, like the AOSP change list. When multiple changes relate to a single bug, additional references are linked to numbers following the bug ID.

Qualcomm components

This vulnerability affects Qualcomm components and are described in further detail in the appropriate Qualcomm security bulletin or security alert. The severity assessment of this issue is provided directly by Qualcomm.

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?

To learn how to check a device's security level, read the instructions on the Google device update schedule.

• Security levels of 2024-01-05 or later address all issues associated with the 2024-01-05 security level and all previous levels.

Device manufacturers that include these updates should set the string level to:

• [ro.build.version.security_]:[2024-01-05]

For some devices on Android 10 or later, the Google Play system update will have a date string that matches the 2024-01-01 security level. Please see this article for more details on how to install security updates.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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 corresponding reference ID. The update for that issue is generally contained in the latest binary drivers for Pixel devices available from the Google Developer site.

5. Why are security vulnerabilities split between this bulletin and device / partner security bulletins, such as the Pixel bulletin?

Security vulnerabilities that are documented in this security bulletin are required to declare the latest security level on Android devices. Additional security vulnerabilities that are documented in the device / partner security bulletins are not required for declaring a security level. Android device and chipset manufacturers may also publish security vulnerability details specific to their products, such as Google, Huawei, LGE, Motorola, Nokia, or Samsung.

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