BlackBerry releases October 2018 Android Security Update for BlackBerry Android devices

BlackBerry has today rolled out the October 2018 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-2018-9490 Remote Code Execution in Framework CVE-2018-9491 Elevation of Privilege in Framework CVE-2018-9492 Information Disclosure in Framework CVE-2018-9493 Denial of Service in Framework CVE-2018-9452 Remote Code Execution in Media Framework CVE-2018-9497 Remote Code Execution in Media Framework CVE-2018-9498 Information Disclosure in Media Framework CVE-2018-9499 Remote Code Execution in System CVE-2017-13283 Elevation of Privilege in System CVE-2018-9476 Remote Code Execution in System CVE-2018-9504 Elevation of Privilege in System CVE-2018-9501 Information Disclosure in System CVE-2018-9502 Information Disclosure in System CVE-2018-9503 Information Disclosure in System CVE-2018-9505 Information Disclosure in System CVE-2018-9506 Information Disclosure in System CVE-2018-9507 Information Disclosure in System CVE-2018-9508 Information Disclosure in System CVE-2018-9509 Information Disclosure in System CVE-2018-9510 Elevation of Privilege in Kernel Components CVE-2018-9514 Elevation of Privilege in Kernel Components CVE-2018-9515 Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components CVE-2017-18315

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 the following Android security patch level October 5, 2018 or later.

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