CVE-2019-16253

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154614/Samsung-Mobile-Android-SamsungTTS-Privilege-Escalation.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://blog.flanker017.me/text-to-speech-speaks-pwned/
https://github.com/flankerhqd/vendor-android-cves/tree/master/SMT-CVE-2019-16253
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154614/Samsung-Mobile-Android-SamsungTTS-Privilege-Escalation.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://blog.flanker017.me/text-to-speech-speaks-pwned/
https://github.com/flankerhqd/vendor-android-cves/tree/master/SMT-CVE-2019-16253

Timeline

Published: Sep 25, 2019
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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