BlackBerry releases October 2019 Android Security Update for BlackBerry Android devices

BlackBerry has today rolled out the October 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-2019-2173 Remote Code Execution in Media Framework CVE-2019-2184 Remote Code Execution in Media Framework CVE-2019-2185 Remote Code Execution in Media Framework CVE-2019-2186 Elevation of Privilege in System CVE-2019-2114 Information Disclosure in System CVE-2019-2187 Elevation of Privilege in Kernel Component CVE-2018-19824 Vulnerability in Qualcomm Components CVE-2019-2268 Vulnerability in Qualcomm Components CVE-2019-10535 Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components CVE-2019-2251 Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components CVE-2019-2271 Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components CVE-2019-2289 Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components CVE-2019-2315 Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components CVE-2019-2271 Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components CVE-2019-2303 Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components CVE-2019-2335 Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components CVE-2019-10513 Elevation of Privilege in Binders CVE-2019-2215

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 October 5, 2019 or later.

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