BlackBerry releases May 2019 Android Security Update for BlackBerry Android devices

BlackBerry has today rolled out the May 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-2019-2043 Remote Code Execution in Media Framework CVE-2019-2044 Remote Code Execution in System CVE-2019-2045 Remote Code Execution in System CVE-2019-2046 Remote Code Execution in System CVE-2019-2047 Elevation of Privilege in System CVE-2019-2050 Information Disclosure in System CVE-2019-2051 Information Disclosure in System CVE-2019-2052 Information Disclosure in System CVE-2019-2053 Elevation of Privilege in Kernel Components CVE-2019-2054 Vulnerability in Qualcomm Components CVE-2018-11955 Vulnerability in Qualcomm Components CVE-2018-13919 Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components CVE-2019-2256 Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components CVE-2019-2255 Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components CVE-2018-13902 Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components CVE-2018-13906 Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components CVE-2018-13907 Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components CVE-2018-13908 Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components CVE-2018-13911 Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components CVE-2018-5913

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 5 2019 or later.

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