What is CVE-2013-4764?

CVE-2013-4764 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samsung Galaxy S3, classified under Incorrect Default Permissions. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2019-12-27.

How severe is CVE-2013-4764?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Samsung Galaxy S3

CVE-2013-4764

Samsung Galaxy S3/S4 exposes an unprotected component allowing an unprivileged app to send arbitrary SMS texts to arbitrary destinations without permission.

Published 2019-12-27 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (19.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 20th percentile — 19.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Samsung Galaxy S3
Samsung Galaxy S3 Firmware — versions 1.0
Samsung Galaxy S4
Samsung Galaxy S4 Firmware — versions 1.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-276 — Incorrect Default Permissions

References

shouji.360.cn/securityReportlist/CVE-2013-4764.html (Third Party Advisory)
seclists.org/bugtraq/2013/Jul/107 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2013-4764?: CVE-2013-4764 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samsung Galaxy S3, classified under Incorrect Default Permissions. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2019-12-27.
How severe is CVE-2013-4764?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.