Vulnerability · Published Jan 13, 2026 · Assigned by blackberry
CVE-2025-8090Vulnerability in the QNX Neutrino Kernel impacts the QNX Software Development Platform and QNX OS for Safety
Medium 6.2
In plain English
A medium-severity null pointer dereference in QNX OS for Medical from BlackBerry Ltd.. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 3% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.2Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 97.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| BlackBerry Ltd | QNX Software Development Platform | 7.1 and 7.0cpe:2.3:a:blackberry:qnx_software_development_platform:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:blackberry:qnx_software_development_platform:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| BlackBerry Ltd | QNX OS for Safety | 2.2.7 and earliercpe:2.3:o:blackberry:qnx_os_for_safety:2.2:7:*:*:*:*:*:*2.1.4 and earliercpe:2.3:o:blackberry:qnx_os_for_safety:2.1:4:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.2 and earliercpe:2.3:o:blackberry:qnx_os_for_safety:2.0:2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| BlackBerry Ltd. | QNX OS for Medical | 2.0.1 and earliercpe:2.3:o:blackberry:qnx_os_for_medical:2.0:1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Weakness: CWE-476 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
- https://support.blackberry.com/pkb/s/article/141027 vendor-advisory