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BlackBerry releases November 2019 Android Security Update

BlackBerry has today rolled out the November 2019 Android Security update to BlackBerry Android devices.

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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 CVE Elevation of Privilege in Framework CVE-2019-2193 Elevation of Privilege in Framework CVE-2019-2195 Information Disclosure in Framework CVE-2019-2197 Information Disclosure in Framework CVE-2019-2211 Remote Code Execution in Library CVE-2019-2201 Elevation of Privilege in Media Framework CVE-2019-2203 Remote Code Execution in System CVE-2019-2205 Elevation of Privilege in System CVE-2019-2206 Elevation of Privilege in System CVE-2019-2207 Information Disclosure in System CVE-2019-2209 Information Disclosure in System CVE-2019-2212 Information Disclosure in Framework CVE-2019-2196 Information Disclosure in Framework CVE-2019-2198 Elevation of Privilege in System CVE-2019-2036 Elevation of Privilege in Kernel Components CVE-2019-2213 Elevation of Privilege in Kernel Components CVE-2019-2215 Vulnerability in Qualcomm Components CVE-2019-10571 Vulnerability in Qualcomm Components CVE-2019-2310 Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components CVE-2019-10511 Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components CVE-2019-10559 Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components CVE-2019-2288 Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components CVE-2019-2337

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 November 1, 2019 or later.

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