BlackBerry releases May 2017 Android Security Update for BlackBerry Android devices

BlackBerry has today rolled out the May 2017 Android Security update to BlackBery-branded 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.

Google have made two security patches available and, as always, BlackBerry have incorprated the latest patch – May 5, 2017.

The following vulnerabilities have been remediated in this update:

Summary CVE Elevation of Privilege in Android Runtime CVE-2017-13274 Remote Code Execution in Media Framework CVE-2017-13276 Remote Code Execution in Media Framework CVE-2017-13277 Elevation of Privilege in Media Framework CVE-2017-13278 Denial of Service in Media Framework CVE-2017-13279 Denial of Service in Media Framework CVE-2017-13280 Remote Code Execution in Bluetooth CVE-2017-13282 Remote Code Execution in Bluetooth CVE-2017-13283 Remote Code Execution in Bluetooth CVE-2017-13267 Elevation of Privilege in Bluetooth CVE-2017-13284 Remote Code Execution in SVOX CVE-2017-13285 Elevation of Privilege in VerifyCredentialResponse CVE-2017-13287 Elevation of Privilege in RTTManager CVE-2017-13289 Information Disclosure in Bluetooth CVE-2017-13290 Denial of Service in Bluetooth CVE-2017-13291 Information Disclosure in Kernel Memory Mapping CVE-2017-5754 Information Disclosure in Qualcomm WLAN CVE-2017-13077 Elevation of Privilege in Qualcomm WLAN CVE-2018-3566 Elevation of Privilege in Qualcomm Audio Driver CVE-2018-3563 Vulnerability in Qualcomm Secure Systems Group CVE-2017-8274 Vulnerability in Qualcomm Modem CVE-2017-18138 Information Disclosure in Framework CVE-2017-13294 Denial of Service in Framework CVE-2017-13295 Denial of Service in Media Framework CVE-2017-13300 Denial of Service in Media Framework CVE-2017-13296 Denial of Service in Media Framework CVE-2017-13297 Denial of Service in Media Framework CVE-2017-13298 Denial of Service in Media Framework CVE-2017-13299 Information Disclosure in Kernel Encrypted-keys CVE-2017-13305 Information Disclosure in Kernel Netlink Tap CVE-2017-17449 Elevation of Privilege in Kernel Pci Sysfs CVE-2017-13307 Elevation of Privilege in Kernel Net Ipv4 CVE-2017-17712 Elevation of Privilege in Kernel Sctp CVE-2017-15115 Information Disclosure in Qualcomm Camera_v2 Driver CVE-2018-3598 Elevation of Privilege in Qualcomm WLAN CVE-2018-5823 Elevation of Privilege in Qualcomm IPA Driver CVE-2018-5825 Elevation of Privilege in Qualcomm WLAN CVE-2018-5824 Elevation of Privilege in Qualcomm WLAN CVE-2018-5827 Elevation of Privilege in Qualcomm QC WLAN CVE-2018-5822 Elevation of Privilege in Qualcomm Modem Driver CVE-2018-5821 Elevation of Privilege in Qualcomm Modem Driver CVE-2018-5820 Elevation of Privilege in Qualcomm Qualcomm Core Services CVE-2018-3599 Elevation of Privilege in Qualcomm WLAN CVE-2018-3568 Elevation of Privilege in Qualcomm WLAN CVE-2018-3567 Elevation of Privilege in Qualcomm QC WLAN CVE-2018-5828 Elevation of Privilege in Qualcomm QC WLAN CVE-2017-14890 Elevation of Privilege in Qualcomm QC WLAN CVE-2017-14894 Elevation of Privilege in Qualcomm IPA WAN Driver CVE-2017-14880

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 the following Android security patch level: May 5, 2017.

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