BlackBerry has today rolled out the January 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 Elevation of Privilege in Framework CVE-2018-9582 Remote Code Execution in System CVE-2018-9583 Elevation of Privilege in System CVE-2018-9584 Elevation of Privilege in System CVE-2018-9585 Elevation of Privilege in System CVE-2018-9586 Elevation of Privilege in System CVE-2018-9587 Information Disclosure in System CVE-2018-9588 Information Disclosure in System CVE-2018-9589 Information Disclosure in System CVE-2018-9590 Information Disclosure in System CVE-2018-9591 Information Disclosure in System CVE-2018-9592 Information Disclosure in System CVE-2018-9593 Information Disclosure in System CVE-2018-9594 Elevation of Privilege in Kernel Components CVE-2018-10876 Elevation of Privilege in Kernel Components CVE-2018-10882 Elevation of Privilege in Kernel Components CVE-2018-13405 Elevation of Privilege in Kernel Components CVE-2018-18281 Elevation of Privilege in Kernel Components CVE-2018-17182 Information Disclosure in Kernel Components CVE-2018-10877 Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components CVE-2018-11847
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 January 5, 2019 or later.
Updated software builds may also be available from other retailers or carriers, dependent on their deployment schedules.
