BlackBerry has today rolled out the January 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 Android Runtime CVE-2017-13176 Remote Code Execution in Media Framework CVE-2017-13177 Remote Code Execution in Media Framework CVE-2017-13178 Remote Code Execution in Media Framework CVE-2017-13179 Elevation of Privilege in Media Framework CVE-2017-0770 Elevation of Privilege in Media Framework CVE-2017-13180 Elevation of Privilege in Media Framework CVE-2017-13181 Denial of Service in Media Framework CVE-2017-0855 Denial of Service in Media Framework CVE-2017-13191 Denial of Service in Media Framework CVE-2017-13192 Denial of Service in Media Framework CVE-2017-13193 Denial of Service in Media Framework CVE-2017-13195 Denial of Service in Media Framework CVE-2017-13196 Denial of Service in Media Framework CVE-2017-13197 Remote Code Execution in System CVE-2017-13208 Elevation of Privilege in System CVE-2017-13210 Elevation of Privilege in Kernel Skcipher CVE-2017-13215 Elevation of Privilege in Kernel Ashmem CVE-2017-13216 Information Disclosure in Kernel High Performance Timers CVE-2017-13218 Elevation of Privilege in Qualcomm Display CVE-2017-15849 Elevation of Privilege in Qualcomm Bootloader CVE-2017-11069 Vulnerability in Qualcomm Linux Kernel CVE-2013-4397 Information Disclosure in Framework CVE-2017-0846 Information Disclosure in Media Framework CVE-2017-13201 Information Disclosure in Media Framework CVE-2017-13202 Information Disclosure in Media Framework CVE-2017-13206 Information Disclosure in Media Framework CVE-2017-13207 Denial of Service in Media Framework CVE-2017-13185 Denial of Service in Media Framework CVE-2017-13187 Denial of Service in Media Framework CVE-2017-13188 Denial of Service in Media Framework CVE-2017-13203 Denial of Service in Media Framework CVE-2017-13204 Denial of Service in Media Framework CVE-2017-13205 Information Disclosure in Media Framework CVE-2017-13200 Denial of Service in Media Framework CVE-2017-13186 Denial of Service in Media Framework CVE-2017-13189 Denial of Service in Media Framework CVE-2017-13190 Denial of Service in Media Framework CVE-2017-13194 Denial of Service in Media Framework CVE-2017-13198 Denial of Service in Kernel Synaptics Touchscreen Controller CVE-2017-13219 Elevation of Privilege in Kernel BlueZ CVE-2017-13220 Elevation of Privilege in Kernel CVE-2017-11473 Information Disclosure in Kernel CVE-2017-1414 Elevation of Privilege in Qualcomm SOC Driver CVE-2017-9705 Elevation of Privilege in Qualcomm SOC Driver CVE-2017-15847 Elevation of Privilege in Qualcomm WLan CVE-2017-11081 Elevation of Privilege in Qualcomm WLan CVE-2017-15845 Elevation of Privilege in Qualcomm Graphics Driver CVE-2017-14873 Elevation of Privilege in Qualcomm Bootloader CVE-2017-11003 Elevation of Privilege in Qualcomm HDMI Driver CVE-2017-9689 Elevation of Privilege in Qualcomm IPA Driver CVE-2017-14879 Elevation of Privilege in Qualcomm Bootloader CVE-2017-11080 Information Disclosure in Qualcomm Bootloader CVE-2017-14869 Information Disclosure in Qualcomm Bootloader CVE-2017-11066 Information Disclosure in Qualcomm Microphone Driver CVE-2017-15850 Information Disclosure in Qualcomm Wireless Driver CVE-2017-9712 Information Disclosure in Qualcomm Bootloader CVE-2017-11079 Information Disclosure in Qualcomm Bootloader CVE-2017-14870 Information Disclosure in Qualcomm Bootloader CVE-2017-11079
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 January 1, 2018 or later.
Updated software builds may also be available from other retailers or carriers, dependent on their deployment schedules.
