BlackBerry releases October 2017 Android Security Update for BlackBerry Android devices

BlackBerry has today rolled out the October 2017 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 GateKeeperResponse CVE-2017-0806 Elevation of Privilege in UI Framework CVE-2017-0807 Remote Code Execution in Media Framework CVE-2017-0809 Remote Code Execution in Media Framework CVE-2017-0810 Remote Code Execution in Media Framework CVE-2017-0811 Information Disclosure in Media Framework CVE-2017-0815 Information Disclosure in Media Framework CVE-2017-0816 Elevation of Privilege in Kernel Network Subsystem CVE-2017-9075 Elevation of Privilege in Qualcomm Network Subsystem CVE-2017-9714 Elevation of Privilege in Qualcomm Linux boot CVE-2017-9683 Information Disclosure in File System CVE-2017-0808 Denial of Service in Media Framework CVE-2017-0813 Denial of Service in Media Framework CVE-2017-0814 Information Disclosure in Media Framework CVE-2017-0817 Denial of Service in Media Framework CVE-2017-0818 Denial of Service in Media Framework CVE-2017-0819 Denial of Service in Media Framework CVE-2017-0820 Elevation of Privilege in Camera CVE-2017-0822 Information Disclosure in RILD CVE-2017-0823 Information Disclosure in Broadcom WiFi Driver CVE-2017-0825 Elevation of Privilege in Kernel SCSI Driver CVE-2017-7187 Elevation of Privilege in Qualcomm SPS Driver CVE-2017-9686 Elevation of Privilege in Qualcomm Video Driver CVE-2017-9706 Elevation of Privilege in Qualcomm SoC Driver CVE-2017-9697

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, 2017 or later.

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