CVE-2019-16253
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 25, 2019 at 10:40 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:22 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorText To Speech
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 3.0.00.1013.0.00.102 ≤ v < 3.0.02.7
Affected range stops below 3.0.00.101, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 3.0.02.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (3)
x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154614/Samsung-Mobile-Android-SamsungTTS-Privilege-Escalation.htmlCVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
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