CVE-2025-8090 (GCVE-0-2025-8090)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-13 16:36 – Updated: 2026-01-13 21:41
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Vulnerability in the QNX Neutrino Kernel impacts the QNX Software Development Platform and QNX OS for Safety
Summary
Null pointer dereference in the MsgRegisterEvent() system call could allow an attacker with local access and code execution abilities to crash the QNX Neutrino kernel.
Severity
6.2 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-01-13 21:41 UTC
CWE
- CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://support.blackberry.com/pkb/s/article/141027 | vendor-advisory |
Impacted products
3 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlackBerry Ltd | QNX Software Development Platform |
Affected:
7.1 and 7.0
(custom)
Affected: cpe:2.3:a:blackberry:qnx_software_development_platform:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (cpe) Affected: cpe:2.3:a:blackberry:qnx_software_development_platform:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (cpe) |
guessed | |
| BlackBerry Ltd | QNX OS for Safety |
Affected:
2.2.7 and earlier
(custom)
Affected: cpe:2.3:o:blackberry:qnx_os_for_safety:2.2:7:*:*:*:*:*:* (cpe) Affected: 2.1.4 and earlier (custom) Affected: cpe:2.3:o:blackberry:qnx_os_for_safety:2.1:4:*:*:*:*:*:* (cpe) Affected: 2.0.2 and earlier (custom) Affected: cpe:2.3:o:blackberry:qnx_os_for_safety:2.0:2:*:*:*:*:*:* (cpe) |
guessed | |
| BlackBerry Ltd. | QNX OS for Medical |
Affected:
2.0.1 and earlier
(custom)
Affected: cpe:2.3:o:blackberry:qnx_os_for_medical:2.0:1:*:*:*:*:*:* (cpe) |
guessed |
Date Public
2026-01-13 16:25
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