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CVE-2018-16263

HIGH

8.8

CVSS Severity Score

EPSS Score0.1650%

EPSS Percentile23.42th

PublishedJan 22, 2020

Last ModifiedNov 21, 2024

Vulnerability Description

The PulseAudio system service in Tizen allows an unprivileged process to control its A2DP MediaEndpoint, 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.

Affected Platforms (CPE)

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Linux

Tizen

= 1.0

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Linux

Tizen

= 1.0

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Linux

Tizen

= 2.0

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Linux

Tizen

= 2.1

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Linux

Tizen

= 2.2

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Linux

Tizen

= 2.2.1

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Linux

Tizen

= 2.3

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Linux

Tizen

= 2.3.1

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Linux

Tizen

= 2.4

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Linux

Tizen

= 3.0

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Linux

Tizen

= 3.0

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Linux

Tizen

= 3.0

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Linux

Tizen

= 4.0

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Linux

Tizen

= 4.0

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Linux

Tizen

= 4.0

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Linux

Tizen

= 5.0

References & Advisories

🔗 https://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

🔗 https://review.tizen.org/git/?p=platform/upstream/pulseaudio.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=81e8ba9f3ab0917da4fdfa094f49333be57964c6

🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IdgBwbOT-g&feature=youtu.be

🔗 https://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

🔗 https://review.tizen.org/git/?p=platform/upstream/pulseaudio.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=81e8ba9f3ab0917da4fdfa094f49333be57964c6

🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IdgBwbOT-g&feature=youtu.be

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