CVE-2018-16268
The SoundServer/FocusServer system services in Tizen allow an unprivileged process to perform...
CVE-2018-16268 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) 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 0.52%, the 44th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
The SoundServer/FocusServer system services in Tizen allow an unprivileged process to perform media-related system actions, due to improper D-Bus security policy configurations. Such actions include playing an arbitrary sound file or DTMF tones. 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
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The SoundServer/FocusServer system services in Tizen allow an unprivileged process to perform media-related system actions, due to improper D-Bus security policy configurations. Such actions include playing an arbitrary sound file or DTMF tones. This affects Tizen before 5.0 M1, and Tizen-based firmwares including Samsung Galaxy Gear series before build RE2.
- Record
CVE-2018-16268- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 3.3 Low
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The SoundServer/FocusServer system services in Tizen allow an unprivileged process to perform media-related system actions, due to improper D-Bus security policy configurations. Such actions include playing an arbitrary sound file or DTMF tones. This affects Tizen before 5.0 M1, and Tizen-based firmwares including Samsung Galaxy Gear series before build RE2.
- Record
CVE-2018-16268- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-8120 No score
The SoundServer/FocusServer system services in Tizen allow an unprivileged process to perform media-related system actions, due to improper D-Bus security policy configurations. Such actions include playing an arbitrary sound file or DTMF tones. This affects Tizen before 5.0 M1, and Tizen-based firmwares including Samsung Galaxy Gear series before build RE2.
- Record
EUVD-2018-8120- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-ch5h-mq67-vq6m No score
The SoundServer/FocusServer system services in Tizen allow an unprivileged process to perform...
The SoundServer/FocusServer system services in Tizen allow an unprivileged process to perform media-related system actions, due to improper D-Bus security policy configurations. Such actions include playing an arbitrary sound file or DTMF tones. This affects Tizen before 5.0 M1, and Tizen-based firmwares including Samsung Galaxy Gear series before build RE2.
- Record
GHSA-ch5h-mq67-vq6m- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| When | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-03 | aliases | EUVD |
| 2026-11-02 | created | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
References
media.defcon.org/DEF%20CON%2026/DEF%20CON%2026%20presentations/Dongsung%20Kim%20and%20Hyoung%20Kee%20Choi%20-%20Updated/DEFCON-26-Dongsung-Kim-and-Hyoung-Kee-Choi-Your-Watch-Can-Watch-You-Updated.pdf
review.tizen.org/git?p=platform/core/multimedia/libmm-sound.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7fce6f2d6d480b3bd0e84a5ba3f72173a37e36db
youtube.com/watch?v=3IdgBwbOT-g&feature=youtu.be
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16268
github.com/advisories/GHSA-ch5h-mq67-vq6m