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CVE-2018-16268

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-16268 describes an improper D-Bus security policy configuration in the SoundServer/FocusServer system services of Tizen, affecting Tizen before 5.0 M1 and Samsung Galaxy Gear series before build RE2. This vulnerability allows an unprivileged process to perform media-related system actions, such as playing arbitrary sound files or DTMF tones. Rated Medium (CVSS 4.3), it has an adjacent attack vector with low attack complexity and no user interaction required, resulting in a potential impact of low integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:tizen:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:tizen:1.0:m1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:tizen:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:tizen:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:tizen:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.52%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
41.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0052 is in the 63rd percentile among its peer group of 1,802 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

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
Third Party Advisory
review.tizen.org / git
youtube.com / watch
Third Party Advisory