CVE-2018-16270
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: January 22, 2020 at 01:01 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:44 AM UTC
20 products affected across 1 vendorGear S3 FirmwareGear 2 FirmwareGear S2 Firmware
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
Samsung Galaxy Gear series before build RE2 includes the hcidump utility with no privilege or permission restriction. This allows an unprivileged process to dump Bluetooth HCI packets to an arbitrary file path.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < re2
Affected range stops below re2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
samsung-galaxy-gear (same device)
v < re2
Affected range stops below re2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
samsung-gear-2 (same device)
v < re2
Affected range stops below re2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
samsung-gear-fit-2 (same device)
v < re2
Affected range stops below re2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
samsung-gear-fit-2-pro (same device)
v < re2
Affected range stops below re2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
samsung-gear-fit (same device)
v < re2
Affected range stops below re2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
samsung-gear-live (same device)
v < re2
Affected range stops below re2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
samsung-gear-s (same device)
v < re2
Affected range stops below re2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
samsung-gear-s2 (same device)
v < re2
Affected range stops below re2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
samsung-gear-s3 (same device)
v < re2
Affected range stops below re2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
samsung-gear-sport (same device)
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (2)
x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IdgBwbOT-g&feature=youtu.beCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-269
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