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BlackBerry releases December 2019 Android Security Update

Google rolled out the January 2020 Android Security Update earlier today, which has been followed by BlackBerry rolling out the December 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
Denial of Service in Framework  CVE-2019-2232
Remote Code Execution in Media Framework  CVE-2019-2222
Remote Code Execution in Media Framework  CVE-2019-2223
Remote Code Execution in System  CVE-2019-2224
Elevation of Privilege in System  CVE-2019-2225
Information Disclosure in System  CVE-2019-2226
Information Disclosure in System  CVE-2019-2228
Elevation of Privilege in Kernel Components  CVE-2018-20961
Elevation of Privilege in Kernel Components  CVE-2019-15239
Vulnerability in Qualcomm Components  CVE-2019-10480
Vulnerability in Qualcomm Components  CVE-2019-10536
Vulnerability in Qualcomm Components  CVE-2019-10557
Vulnerability in Qualcomm Components  CVE-2019-10595
Vulnerability in Qualcomm Components  CVE-2019-10598
Vulnerability in Qualcomm Components  CVE-2019-10605
Vulnerability in Qualcomm Components  CVE-2019-10607
Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components  CVE-2019-10500
Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components  CVE-2019-10482
Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components  CVE-2019-10487
Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components  CVE-2019-10513
Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components  CVE-2019-10516
Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components  CVE-2019-2274

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 5, 2019 or later.

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