CVE-2013-2688

Exp

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.

Published: 2013-07-12 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2013-2688 is rated High Exploit Risk (68.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.68%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.76% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2013-2688

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-2688

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 1.92% 3.68% +1.76%
2 2025-03-29 3.68% 1.92% -1.76%
3 2025-03-17 — 3.68% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-2688

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.4 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 4.9 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-2688

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-2688

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
blackberry qnx_software_development_platform — cpe:2.3:a:blackberry:qnx_software_development_platform:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
blackberry qnx_neutrino_rtos <= 6.5.0 cpe:2.3:o:blackberry:qnx_neutrino_rtos:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
blackberry qnx_neutrino_rtos 6.4.1 cpe:2.3:o:blackberry:qnx_neutrino_rtos:6.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
blackberry qnx_neutrino_rtos 6.5.0 cpe:2.3:o:blackberry:qnx_neutrino_rtos:6.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-2688

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