BlackBerry has today rolled out the February 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 | ||
| Remote Code Execution in Media Framework | CVE-2017-13228 | ||
| Information Disclosure in Media Framework | CVE-2017-13232 | ||
| Remote Code Execution in Media Framework | CVE-2017-13230 | ||
| Denial of Service in Media Framework | CVE-2017-13233 | ||
| Denial of Service in Media Framework | CVE-2017-13234 | ||
| Update: Elevation of Privilege in Media Framework | CVE-2017-0837 | ||
| Elevation of Privilege in Kernel ALSA | CVE-2017-15265 | ||
| Elevation of Privilege in Kernel Multi-queue Block IO | CVE-2015-9016 | ||
| Remote Code Execution in Qualcomm WLan | CVE-2017-15817 | ||
| Remote Code Execution in Qualcomm WLan | CVE-2017-17760 | ||
| Elevation of Privilege in Qualcomm Media Framework | CVE-2017-11041 | ||
| Elevation of Privilege in Qualcomm Media Framework | CVE-2017-17767 | ||
| Elevation of Privilege in Qualcomm WLan | CVE-2017-17762 | ||
| Elevation of Privilege in Qualcomm WLan | CVE-2017-14884 | ||
| Information Disclosure in Media Framework | CVE-2017-13241 | ||
| Remote Code Execution in Media Framework | CVE-2017-13229 | ||
| Denial of Service in Media Framework | CVE-2017-13235 | ||
| Information Disclosure in System | CVE-2017-13242 | ||
| Information Disclosure in System | CVE-2017-13243 | ||
| Elevation of Privilege in Kernel Audio Driver | CVE-2017-13245 | ||
| Information Disclosure in Kernel Network Driver | CVE-2017-13246 | ||
| Information Disclosure in Qualcomm Qcacld-2.0 | CVE-2017-15859 | ||
| Information Disclosure in Qualcomm Qdsp6v2 | CVE-2017-17769 | ||
| Elevation of Privilege in Qualcomm Synaptics_dsx_htc Touchscreen Driver | CVE-2017-9723 | ||
| Elevation of Privilege in Qualcomm Ipa Driver | CVE-2017-14881 | ||
| Elevation of Privilege in Qualcomm Ipa Driver | CVE-2017-14877 | ||
| Elevation of Privilege in Qualcomm MDSS Rotator | CVE-2017-15826 | ||
| Elevation of Privilege in Qualcomm Qdsp6v2 | CVE-2017-14892 | ||
| Elevation of Privilege in Qualcomm Framebuffer | CVE-2017-15852 | ||
| Elevation of Privilege in Qualcomm Camera | CVE-2017-15846 | ||
| Elevation of Privilege in Qualcomm WiFi | CVE-2017-11043 | ||
| Information Disclosure in Qualcomm KGSL | CVE-2017-14891 | ||
| Elevation of Privilege in Qualcomm Camera Driver | CVE-2017-17771 | ||
| Information Disclosure in Qualcomm Media Framework | CVE-2017-11087 |
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 February 5, 2018 or later.
Updated software builds may also be available from other retailers or carriers, dependent on their deployment schedules.
