CVE-2018-16264

The BlueZ system service in Tizen allows an unprivileged process to partially control Bluetooth...

6.5 Medium

The BlueZ system service in Tizen allows an unprivileged process to partially control Bluetooth or acquire sensitive information, due to improper D-Bus security policy configurations. This affects Tizen before 5.0 M1, and Tizen-based firmwares including Samsung Galaxy Gear series before build RE2.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Adjacent network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: None
Availability: None

Exploit likelihood

0.58%Down 0.3 points since Apr 14, 2021

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.5

Record: CVE-2018-16264
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0: 3.3 LowAV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness: CWE-200
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2018-16264
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2018-8116 No score

Record: EUVD-2018-8116
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gcr3-7gvg-jhhf No score

The BlueZ system service in Tizen allows an unprivileged process to partially control Bluetooth...

Record: GHSA-gcr3-7gvg-jhhf
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

linux tizen

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2018-16264 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Linux Tizen, published January 22, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.58%, the 47th percentile. No source names a fixed version.