BlackBerry has today rolled out the February 2019 Android Security update to BlackBerry Android devices.
The Android Security Bulletin contains details of security vulnerabilities affecting Android devices. BlackBerry releases security bulletins to notify users of its Android smartphones about available security fixes.
The following vulnerabilities have been remediated in this update:
Summary CVE Remote Code Execution in Framework CVE-2019-1987 Remote Code Execution in Framework CVE-2019-1988 Remote Code Execution in Library CVE-2017-17760 Remote Code Execution in Library CVE-2018-5268 Remote Code Execution in Library CVE-2018-5269 Information Disclosure in Library CVE-2017-18009 Remote Code Execution in System CVE-2019-1991 Remote Code Execution in System CVE-2019-1992 Elevation of Privilege in System CVE-2019-1993 Elevation of Privilege in System CVE-2019-1994 Information Disclosure in System CVE-2019-1995 Information Disclosure in System CVE-2019-1996 Information Disclosure in System CVE-2019-1997 Elevation of Privilege in Kernel Components CVE-2018-10879 Elevation of Privilege in Kernel Components CVE-2019-2000 Information Disclosure in Kernel Components CVE-2019-2001 Vulnerability in Qualcomm Components CVE-2018-11275 Vulnerability in Qualcomm Components CVE-2018-13900 Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components CVE-2018-11289 Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components CVE-2018-11938 Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components CVE-2018-11945 Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components CVE-2018-11268 Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components CVE-2018-11845 Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components CVE-2018-11864 Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components CVE-2018-11931 Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components CVE-2018-11948
If you own an Android device from BlackBerry and are not seeing the system update message, you can check manually by heading into Settings -> About phone -> System updates and checking manually.Look for Android security patch level February 5, 2019 or later.
Updated software builds may also be available from other retailers or carriers, dependent on their deployment schedules.
