BlackBerry has today rolled out the March 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-2017-13248 | ||
| Remote Code Execution in Media Framework | CVE-2017-13249 | ||
| Remote Code Execution in Media Framework | CVE-2017-13250 | ||
| Elevation of Privilege in Media Framework | CVE-2017-13251 | ||
| Remote Code Execution in System | CVE-2017-13255 | ||
| Remote Code Execution in System | CVE-2017-13256 | ||
| Remote Code Execution in System | CVE-2017-13272 | ||
| Information Disclosure in System | CVE-2017-13257 | ||
| Information Disclosure in System | CVE-2017-13258 | ||
| Information Disclosure in System | CVE-2017-13259 | ||
| Information Disclosure in System | CVE-2017-13260 | ||
| Information Disclosure in System | CVE-2017-13261 | ||
| Information Disclosure in System | CVE-2017-13262 | ||
| Elevation of Privilege in Kernel UAS Driver | CVE-2017-16530 | ||
| Elevation of Privilege in Kernel USB Driver | CVE-2017-16525 | ||
| Information Disclosure in Kernel USB Driver | CVE-2017-16535 | ||
| Information Disclosure in Kernel USB Driver | CVE-2017-16533 | ||
| Information Disclosure in Kernel USB Driver | CVE-2017-16531 | ||
| Information Disclosure in Kernel USB Sound Driver | CVE-2017-16529 | ||
| Remote Code Execution in Qualcomm Wireless Network Driver | CVE-2017-18067 | ||
| Elevation of Privilege in Qualcomm WLAN | CVE-2017-18056 | ||
| Elevation of Privilege in Qualcomm WLAN | CVE-2017-18063 | ||
| Elevation of Privilege in Qualcomm WLAN | CVE-2017-18064 | ||
| Elevation of Privilege in Qualcomm WLAN | CVE-2017-15821 | ||
| Elevation of Privilege in Qualcomm WLAN | CVE-2017-14885 | ||
| Denial of Service in Qualcomm Wireless Network Driver | CVE-2017-14878 | ||
| Denial of Service in Media Framework | CVE-2017-13264 | ||
| Denial of Service in Media Framework | CVE-2017-13254 | ||
| Elevation of Privilege in System | CVE-2017-13266 | ||
| Information Disclosure in System | CVE-2017-13268 | ||
| Information Disclosure in System | CVE-2017-13269 | ||
| Elevation of Privilege in Kernel USB Sound Driver | CVE-2017-16527 | ||
| Elevation of Privilege in Kernel Network Driver | CVE-2017-15649 | ||
| Elevation of Privilege in Kernel Network Driver | CVE-2017-1000111 | ||
| Elevation of Privilege in Qualcomm Power Driver | CVE-2017-18066 | ||
| Elevation of Privilege in Qualcomm Wma | CVE-2017-18062 | ||
| Elevation of Privilege in Qualcomm Diagchar | CVE-2018-3561 | ||
| Elevation of Privilege in Qualcomm Qdsp6v2 Sound Driver | CVE-2018-3560 | ||
| Elevation of Privilege in Qualcomm Diagchar | CVE-2017-15834 | ||
| Elevation of Privilege in Qualcomm Power Driver | CVE-2017-15833 | ||
| Elevation of Privilege in Qualcomm Sme Driver | CVE-2017-15830 | ||
| Elevation of Privilege in Qualcomm WLAN | CVE-2017-11082 | ||
| Information Disclosure in Qualcomm WLAN | CVE-2017-18057 | ||
| Information Disclosure in Qualcomm WLAN | CVE-2017-18059 | ||
| Information Disclosure in Qualcomm WLAN | CVE-2017-18060 | ||
| Information Disclosure in Qualcomm Camera_v2 Driver | CVE-2017-15855 |
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 March 5, 2018 or later.
Updated software builds may also be available from other retailers or carriers, dependent on their deployment schedules.
