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CVE-2019-8998

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: July 12, 2019 at 03:30 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:42 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorQNX Software Development Platform

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (1)

x_refsource_MISCMitigationPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://support.blackberry.com/kb/articleDetail?articleNumber=000057178

CVSS

7.8HIGHblackberry
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-413NVD-CWE-noinfo

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