CVE-2019-16253

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Published Sep 25, 2019 CVSS 3.1 · 7.8 High EPSS 1.2% KEV · Not listed

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 Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:samsung:text-to-speech::::::android::*
	cpe:2.3:a:samsung:text-to-speech::::::android::*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.2% (1.192% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154614/Samsung-Mobile-Android-SamsungTTS-Privilege-Escalation.html
https://blog.flanker017.me/text-to-speech-speaks-pwned/
https://github.com/flankerhqd/vendor-android-cves/tree/master/SMT-CVE-2019-16253

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Samsung Text-to-speech

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 1:10 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Sep 25, 2019, 10:40 PM
Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 1:10 AM
Reserved: Sep 11, 2019, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 2:22 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Sep 25, 2019, 11:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 2:22 AM

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