CVE-2019-8998 HIGH

CVE-2019-8998

Vendor Blackberry
Product QNX Software Development Platform (QNX SDP)
Weakness CWE-413
Published July 12, 2019
Last update August 22, 2025

CVSS base score

7.8/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

July 12, 2019 CVE published
August 22, 2025 Record updated