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BlackBerry releases May 2020 Android Security Update

It may not be the June update but better than nothing

BlackBerry has released a security update to address multiple vulnerabilities in BlackBerry powered by Android smartphones. The update addresses issues in the May 2020 Android Security Bulletin that affect BlackBerry powered by Android smartphones.

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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  CVEElevation of Privilege in Framework  CVE-2019-5018Information Disclosure in Framework  CVE-2019-8457Elevation of Privilege in Framework  CVE-2020-0081Information Disclosure in Framework  CVE-2019-9936Elevation of Privilege in Framework  CVE-2020-0096Elevation of Privilege in Framework  CVE-2020-0098Information Disclosure in Media Framework  CVE-2020-0093Information Disclosure in Media Framework  CVE-2020-0100Information Disclosure in Media Framework  CVE-2020-0101Remote Code Execution in System  CVE-2020-0070Remote Code Execution in System  CVE-2020-0071Remote Code Execution in System  CVE-2020-0073 CVE-2020-0072Elevation of Privilege in System  CVE-2020-0024Elevation of Privilege in System  CVE-2020-0102Elevation of Privilege in Kernel Components  CVE-2019-19524Elevation of Privilege in Kernel Components  CVE-2019-19532Elevation of Privilege in Kernel Components  CVE-2019-19807Information Disclosure in Kernel Components  CVE-2019-19536Vulnerability in Qualcomm Components  CVE-2019-14131Vulnerability in Qualcomm Components  CVE-2019-14070Vulnerability in Qualcomm Components  CVE-2019-14053Vulnerability in Qualcomm Components  CVE-2019-14087Vulnerability in Qualcomm Components  CVE-2020-3610Vulnerability in Qualcomm Components  CVE-2020-3630Vulnerability in Qualcomm Components  CVE-2020-3680Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components  CVE-2019-10588Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components  CVE-2019-10609Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components  CVE-2019-14110Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components  CVE-2019-14112Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components  CVE-2019-14113Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components  CVE-2019-14114Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components  CVE-2019-10589Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components  CVE-2019-10610Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components  CVE-2019-14009Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components  CVE-2019-14011Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components  CVE-2019-14018Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components  CVE-2019-14019Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components  CVE-2019-14021Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components  CVE-2019-14033Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components  CVE-2020-3616

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 May 1, 2020 or later.

Updated software builds may also be available from other retailers or carriers, dependent on their deployment schedules.