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CVE-2019-8998

Published: Jul 12, 2019Updated: Aug 22, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD csafCWE-413
NVD MITRE
7.8CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 87.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

An information disclosure vulnerability leading to a potential local escalation of privilege in the procfs service (the /proc filesystem) of BlackBerry QNX Software Development Platform version(s) 6.5.0 SP1 and earlier could allow an attacker to potentially gain unauthorized access to a chosen process address space.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:HPR:LUI:NS:CC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:CScope
Changed
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-413NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

qnx software development platformblackberry
On-premOS
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
QNX Software Development Platform (QNX SDP)BlackBerry
Embedded
Operating Systems / rtos-embedded-os
blackberrycommercialCAOperating Systemsaka blackberry

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
Workaround Available

References

http://support.blackberry.com/kb/articleDetail?articleNumber=000057178
support.blackberry.com
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/OT/white/2019/icsa-19-262-01.json
raw.githubusercontent.com
https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-19-262-01
cisa.gov
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Timeline

Published
Jul 12, 2019
Last Updated
Aug 22, 2025

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