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BlackBerry releases June 2019 Android Security Update for BlackBerry Android devices

BlackBerry has today rolled out the June 2019 Android Security update to BlackBerry Android devices.

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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-2019-2090 Elevation of Privilege in Framework CVE-2019-2091 Elevation of Privilege in Framework CVE-2019-2092 Remote Code Execution in Media Framework CVE-2019-2094 Elevation of Privilege in Media Framework CVE-2019-2096 Remote Code Execution in System CVE-2019-2097 Elevation of Privilege in System CVE-2019-2102 Elevation of Privilege in System CVE-2019-2098 Elevation of Privilege in System CVE-2019-2099 Information Disclosure in Framework CVE-2018-9526 Information Disclosure in Kernel Components CVE-2019-2101 Vulnerability in Qualcomm Components CVE-2019-2269 Vulnerability in Qualcomm Components CVE-2019-2287 Vulnerability in Qualcomm Components CVE-2019-2292 Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components CVE-2018-13924 Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components CVE-2019-2279

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 June 5 2019 or later.

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