CVE-2018-16271

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2020-01-22 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-269

Description

The wemail_consumer_service (from the built-in application wemail) in Samsung Galaxy Gear series allows an unprivileged process to manipulate a user's mailbox, due to improper D-Bus security policy configurations. An arbitrary email can also be sent from the mailbox via the paired smartphone. This affects Tizen-based firmwares including Samsung Galaxy Gear series before build RE2.

Affected products

Samsung Galaxy Gear Firmware: before re2 — fixed in re2
Samsung Gear 2 Firmware: before re2 — fixed in re2
Samsung Gear Fit 2 Firmware: before re2 — fixed in re2
Samsung Gear Fit 2 Pro Firmware: before re2 — fixed in re2
Samsung Gear Fit Firmware: before re2 — fixed in re2
Samsung Gear Live Firmware: before re2 — fixed in re2
Samsung Gear S2 Firmware: before re2 — fixed in re2
Samsung Gear S3 Firmware: before re2 — fixed in re2
Samsung Gear S Firmware: before re2 — fixed in re2
Samsung Gear Sport Firmware: before re2 — fixed in re2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Samsung Galaxy Gear Firmware re2; Samsung Gear 2 Firmware re2; Samsung Gear Fit 2 Firmware re2; Samsung Gear Fit 2 Pro Firmware re2; Samsung Gear Fit Firmware re2; Samsung Gear Live Firmware re2; Samsung Gear S2 Firmware re2; Samsung Gear S3 Firmware re2; Samsung Gear S Firmware re2; Samsung Gear Sport Firmware re2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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