CVE-2019-8998

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 v3 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 4.6 MEDIUM

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.1 / Impact : 6.0

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

4.6^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://support.blackberry.com/kb/articleDetail?articleNumber=000057178	Mitigation Patch Vendor Advisory
http://support.blackberry.com/kb/articleDetail?articleNumber=000057178	Mitigation Patch Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:blackberry:qnx_software_development_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

22 Aug 2025, 16:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CWE		CWE-413

21 Nov 2024, 04:50

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() http://support.blackberry.com/kb/articleDetail?articleNumber=000057178 - Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory~~	() http://support.blackberry.com/kb/articleDetail?articleNumber=000057178 - Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory

Information

Published : 2019-07-12 16:15

Updated : 2025-08-22 16:15

NVD link : CVE-2019-8998

Mitre link : CVE-2019-8998

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2019-8998

JSON object : View

Products Affected

blackberry

qnx_software_development_platform

CWE

CWE-413

Improper Resource Locking

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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