Is CVE-2013-2688 being actively exploited?

CVE-2013-2688 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2013-2688?

CVE-2013-2688 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.4 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2013-2688

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.4EPSS 6.7%EU EUVD

Buffer overflow in phrelay in BlackBerry QNX Neutrino RTOS through 6.5.0 SP1 in the QNX Software Development Platform allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted packets to TCP port 4868 that leverage improper handling of the /dev/photon device file.

Key facts

CVSS score: 5.4 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-119
EPSS score: 6.7% (94th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2013-2627)
Published: July 12, 2013
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-2627 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 16, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

blackberry / qnx neutrino rtos
blackberry / qnx neutrino rtos
blackberry / qnx neutrino rtos
blackberry / qnx software development platform

References

http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/qnxph_1-adv.txt(Exploit)
http://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-13-189-01(Patch, US Government Resource)
http://www.qnx.com/download/feature.html?programid=24850(Patch)

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

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