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Status published
High
CVE-2019-8998
An information disclosure vulnerability leading to a potential local escalation...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
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Affected Vendor
BlackBerry
View all reports →Affected Software
QNX Software Development Platform (QNX SDP)
Vulnerable Versions:
6.5.0 SP1 and earlier
Timeline
Official Publish:
July 12th, 2019
Last Modified:
August 22nd, 2025
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.