CVE-2019-8998 (GCVE-0-2019-8998)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-07-12 15:30 – Updated: 2025-08-22 15:09
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CWE
- Information disclosure leading to a potential local escalation of privilege
- CWE-413 - Improper Resource Locking
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://support.blackberry.com/kb/articleDetail?ar… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| BlackBerry | QNX Software Development Platform (QNX SDP) |
Affected:
6.5.0 SP1 and earlier
|
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