Is CVE-2008-3024 being actively exploited?

CVE-2008-3024 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-3024?

CVE-2008-3024 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 9.3 (HIGH).

CVE-2008-3024

HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 5.9%EU EUVD

Stack-based buffer overflow in phgrafx in QNX Momentics (aka RTOS) 6.3.2 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via a long .pal filename in palette/.

Key facts

CVSS score: 9.3 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-787
EPSS score: 5.9% (93th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2008-3014)
Published: July 7, 2008
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-3014 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

blackberry / qnx momentics

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/30808(Third Party Advisory)
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3974(Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.scanit.net/rd/advisories/adv01(Broken Link)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493816/100/0/threaded(Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30024(Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020411(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1996/references(Third Party Advisory)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43542(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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