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01 Record

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)

HighPUBLISHEDCNA: blackberry
CNA base score7.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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02 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)

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
0.22% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 12.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2019-07-12 15:30Z7 YR AGO
Last updated
2025-08-22 15:09Z1 YR AGO
Reserved
2019-02-21
Assigning CNA
blackberry
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
High (CVSS 7.8)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
  • CWE-413Improper Resource LockingBase
Data version
5.1
Document digest
c2dc19a785902f9f1c8c1a427cbfdc99d56e6869aafc1b42fe6995d3e3f4abdd

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
BlackBerryQNX Software Development Platform (QNX SDP)6.5.0 SP1 and earlier—

06 References