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BlackBerry releases September 2019 Android Security Update for BlackBerry Android devices

BlackBerry has today rolled out the September 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-2019-2123 Elevation of Privilege in Framework CVE-2019-2174 Remote Code Execution in Media Framework CVE-2019-2176 Remote Code Execution in System CVE-2019-2177 Elevation of Privilege in System CVE-2019-2115 Elevation of Privilege in System CVE-2019-2178 Information Disclosure in System CVE-2019-2179 Information Disclosure in System CVE-2019-2180 Information Disclosure in System CVE-2019-2124 Elevation of Privilege in Kernel Components CVE-2019-2181 Vulnerability in Qualcomm Components CVE-2019-2283 Vulnerability in Qualcomm Components CVE-2019-2316 Vulnerability in Qualcomm Components CVE-2019-10491 Vulnerability in Qualcomm Components CVE-2019-10505 Vulnerability in Qualcomm Components CVE-2019-2323 Vulnerability in Qualcomm Components CVE-2019-2324 Vulnerability in Qualcomm Components CVE-2019-2325 Vulnerability in Qualcomm Components CVE-2019-2331 Vulnerability in Qualcomm Components CVE-2019-2332 Vulnerability in Qualcomm Components CVE-2019-10512 Vulnerability in Qualcomm Components CVE-2019-10515 Vulnerability in Qualcomm Components CVE-2019-10524 Vulnerability in Qualcomm Components CVE-2019-10529 Vulnerability in Qualcomm Components CVE-2019-10531 Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components CVE-2019-2275 Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components CVE-2019-10488 Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components CVE-2019-2285 Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components CVE-2019-10504 Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components CVE-2019-10522 Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components CVE-2019-10534 Vulnerability in Qualcomm Closed-Source Components CVE-2019-10541

 

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 September 5, 2019 or later.

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