BlackBerry releases December 2019 Android Security Update

Google rolled out the January 2020 Android Security Update earlier today, which has been followed by BlackBerry rolling out the December 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  CVEDenial of Service in Framework  CVE-2019-2232Remote Code Execution in Media Framework  CVE-2019-2222Remote Code Execution in Media Framework  CVE-2019-2223Remote Code Execution in System  CVE-2019-2224Elevation of Privilege in System  CVE-2019-2225Information Disclosure in System  CVE-2019-2226Information Disclosure in System  CVE-2019-2228Elevation of Privilege in Kernel Components  CVE-2018-20961Elevation of Privilege in Kernel Components  CVE-2019-15239Vulnerability in Qualcomm Components  CVE-2019-10480Vulnerability in Qualcomm Components  CVE-2019-10536Vulnerability in Qualcomm Components  CVE-2019-10557Vulnerability in Qualcomm Components  CVE-2019-10595Vulnerability in Qualcomm Components  CVE-2019-10598Vulnerability in Qualcomm Components  CVE-2019-10605Vulnerability in Qualcomm Components  CVE-2019-10607Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components  CVE-2019-10500Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components  CVE-2019-10482Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components  CVE-2019-10487Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components  CVE-2019-10513Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components  CVE-2019-10516Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components  CVE-2019-2274

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 December 5, 2019 or later.

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