CVE-2018-16272

The wpa_supplicant system service in Samsung Galaxy Gear series allows an unprivileged process to...

9.8 Critical

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.

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: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

1.63%Up 1.0 points since Apr 14, 2021

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.8

Record: CVE-2018-16272
CVSS 3.1: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0: 7.5 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness: CWE-269
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2018-16272
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2018-8124 No score

Record: EUVD-2018-8124
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-fhp7-78j6-88pw No score

The wpa_supplicant system service in Samsung Galaxy Gear series allows an unprivileged process to...

Record: GHSA-fhp7-78j6-88pw
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-2018-16272 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) 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 1.63%, the 76th percentile. No source names a fixed version.