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GHSA-J5J7-J8WM-QV7R

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-01-13 18:31 – Updated: 2026-01-13 21:31

Details

A null pointer dereference vulnerability in the MsgRegisterEvent() system call of the QNX Neutrino Kernel in QNX SDP 7.1 and 7.0, and QNX OS for Safety 2.2, 2.1 and 2.0 could potentially allow an attacker with local access and code execution abilities, to crash the QNX Neutrino kernel.

Severity

6.2 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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CVE-2025-8090 (GCVE-0-2025-8090)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-13 16:36 – Updated: 2026-01-13 21:41

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)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

Assigner

blackberry

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://support.blackberry.com/pkb/s/article/141027	vendor-advisory

Impacted products

3 products

Vendor	Product	Version
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)
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)
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)

Date Public

2026-01-13 16:25

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GHSA-J5J7-J8WM-QV7R

CVE-2025-8090 (GCVE-0-2025-8090)

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