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BlackBerry releases December 2018 Android Security Update for BlackBerry Android devices

BlackBerry has today rolled out the December 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-2018-9547
Information Disclosure in Framework CVE-2018-9548
Remote Code Execution in Media Framework CVE-2018-9549
Information Disclosure in Media Framework CVE-2018-9552
Remote Code Execution in Media Framework CVE-2018-9553
Elevation of Privilege in Media Framework CVE-2018-9538
Information Disclosure in Media Framework CVE-2018-9554
Remote Code Execution in System CVE-2018-9555
Elevation of Privilege in System CVE-2018-9557
Elevation of Privilege in System CVE-2018-9558
Elevation of Privilege in System CVE-2018-9559
Information Disclosure in System CVE-2018-9566
Elevation of Privilege in Kernel Components CVE-2018-9568
Vulnerability in Qualcomm Components CVE-2018-11960
Vulnerability in Qualcomm Components CVE-2018-11963
Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components CVE-2018-11279

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 December 1, 2018 or later.

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