CVE-2019-8998

mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.002 · 13 %ileCAEUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
—
no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.22% (13th) EPSS
CVSS 4.6 · medium
Is it mine?
7 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cisa_csaf_ot · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

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remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

  • FixedNiagaracisa_csaf_ot

    Niagara AX 3.8u4: NRE Config Dist: 3.8.401.1

  • FixedNiagara AXcisa_csaf_ot

    Niagara AX 3.8u4: NRE Config Dist: 3.8.401.1

  • MitigationNiagaracisa_csaf_ot

    Allow only trained and trusted persons to have physical access to the system, including devices with connection to the system though the Ethernet port.

  • MitigationNiagara AXcisa_csaf_ot

    Allow only trained and trusted persons to have physical access to the system, including devices with connection to the system though the Ethernet port.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 4.6–7.8

v2.04.6mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 6.4
v3.07.8highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9
v3.07.8highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · CISA US
v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · secure@blackberry.com CAexploitability 1.1 · impact 6
v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-200USCWE-413US
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affected products (7)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

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also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvdenisa_euvdcisa_csaf_otnvdNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2019-07-12modified 2026-06-17
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references (6)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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