CVE-2025-8090
Vulnerability in the QNX Neutrino Kernel impacts the QNX Software Development Platform and QNX OS for Safety
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Vulnerability in the QNX Neutrino Kernel impacts the QNX Software Development Platform and QNX OS for Safety
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.
- Record
CVE-2025-8090- CVSS 3.1
- 6.2 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-476
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-2075
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.
- Record
EUVD-2026-2075- CVSS 3.1
- 6.2 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-j5j7-j8wm-qv7r
A null pointer dereference vulnerability in the MsgRegisterEvent() system call of the QNX...
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.
- Record
GHSA-j5j7-j8wm-qv7r- CVSS 3.1
- 6.2 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-476
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
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.
- Record
CVE-2025-8090- CVSS 3.1
- 6.2 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-476
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-8090 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.2) in Blackberry Ltd Qnx Os For Safety, published January 13, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.14%, the 3rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.