Security

BlackBerry releases November 2019 Android Security Update

BlackBerry has today rolled out the November 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
Elevation of Privilege in Framework CVE-2019-2193
Elevation of Privilege in Framework CVE-2019-2195
Information Disclosure in Framework CVE-2019-2197
Information Disclosure in Framework CVE-2019-2211
Remote Code Execution in Library CVE-2019-2201
Elevation of Privilege in Media Framework CVE-2019-2203
Remote Code Execution in System CVE-2019-2205
Elevation of Privilege in System CVE-2019-2206
Elevation of Privilege in System CVE-2019-2207
Information Disclosure in System CVE-2019-2209
Information Disclosure in System CVE-2019-2212
Information Disclosure in Framework CVE-2019-2196
Information Disclosure in Framework CVE-2019-2198
Elevation of Privilege in System CVE-2019-2036
Elevation of Privilege in Kernel Components CVE-2019-2213
Elevation of Privilege in Kernel Components CVE-2019-2215
Vulnerability in Qualcomm Components CVE-2019-10571
Vulnerability in Qualcomm Components CVE-2019-2310
Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components CVE-2019-10511
Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components CVE-2019-10559
Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components CVE-2019-2288
Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components CVE-2019-2337

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 November 1, 2019 or later.

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