CVE-2018-16272
CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: January 22, 2020 at 01:04 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
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
The wpa_supplicant system service in Samsung Galaxy Gear series allows an unprivileged process to fully control the Wi-Fi interface, due to the lack of its D-Bus security policy configurations. This affects Tizen-based firmwares including Samsung Galaxy Gear series before build RE2.
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
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-269
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