CVE-2018-16270

Samsung Galaxy Gear series before build RE2 includes the hcidump utility with no privilege or...

7.5 High

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: None
Integrity: High
Availability: None

Exploit likelihood

1.16%Up 0.5 points since Apr 14, 2021

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

Record: CVE-2018-16270
CVSS 3.1: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.0: 5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness: CWE-269
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2018-16270
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2018-8122 No score

Record: EUVD-2018-8122
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-fwf5-32xc-rx62 No score

Samsung Galaxy Gear series before build RE2 includes the hcidump utility with no privilege or...

Record: GHSA-fwf5-32xc-rx62
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

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-2018-16270 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Samsung Galaxy Gear Firmware, published January 22, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.16%, the 67th percentile. No source names a fixed version.