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BadAlloc Vulnerability Impacts Critical Infrastructure Using BlackBerry QNX

S1 · 20 Apr 2021 · BlackBerry QNX

Record

CompanyBlackBerry QNX
IndustryAV trucking
Type(s)cyber
Date20 Apr 2021 (day precision)
Time of daynot documented
Locationno physical site (recall / fleet-wide / aggregate record)
Severity (near-miss / disclosed vulnerability)
Scalenot documented
Confidencehigh
Verified flagYes - independently re-checked against the cited source

Summary

CISA warned that the BadAlloc memory-allocation vulnerability affected BlackBerry QNX real-time operating system deployments used across critical infrastructure, industrial, medical and automotive systems, prompting a security advisory and patch guidance.

Primary source

BleepingComputer

Publisher: BleepingComputer · Retrieved: 2026-09-16

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DateSupporting source rowPublisherLink
20 Apr 2021 BadAlloc Vulnerability Impacts Critical Infrastructure Using BlackBerry QNX BleepingComputer BleepingComputer

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