What is CVE-2015-8281?

CVE-2015-8281 is a high-severity vulnerability in Samsung Web Viewer, classified under Cryptographic Issues. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-01-15.

How severe is CVE-2015-8281?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Samsung Web Viewer

CVE-2015-8281

Web Viewer 1.0.0.193 on Samsung SRN-1670D devices allows attackers to bypass filesystem encryption via XOR calculations.

Vulnerability class: POODLE (CVE-2014-3566)

Published 2016-01-15 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.038 (89.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 90th percentile — 89.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.038 · newest: 0.038 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Samsung Web Viewer

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-310 — Cryptographic Issues

References

www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/913000 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-8281?: CVE-2015-8281 is a high-severity vulnerability in Samsung Web Viewer, classified under Cryptographic Issues. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-01-15.
How severe is CVE-2015-8281?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.