{"id":"CVE-2019-16253","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-16253","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T23:42:01.212Z","title":"The Text-to-speech Engine (aka SamsungTTS) application before 3.0.02.7 and 3.0.00.101 for Android allows a local attacker to escalate privileges, e.g., to system privileges.","description":"The Text-to-speech Engine (aka SamsungTTS) application before 3.0.02.7 and 3.0.00.101 for Android allows a local attacker to escalate privileges, e.g., to system privileges. The Samsung case ID is 101755.","published":"2019-09-25T23:15:11.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:22:00.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":[],"affected":["samsung/text-to-speech"],"epss":{"score":0.01192,"percentile":0.67784,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.19%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154614/Samsung-Mobile-Android-SamsungTTS-Privilege-Escalation.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://blog.flanker017.me/text-to-speech-speaks-pwned/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/flankerhqd/vendor-android-cves/tree/master/SMT-CVE-2019-16253","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154614/Samsung-Mobile-Android-SamsungTTS-Privilege-Escalation.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://blog.flanker017.me/text-to-speech-speaks-pwned/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/flankerhqd/vendor-android-cves/tree/master/SMT-CVE-2019-16253","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16253","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}