CVE-2019-16253

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2019-09-25 · updated 2026-06-17

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

Samsung Text-To-Speech: before 3.0.00.101; from 3.0.00.102 before 3.0.02.7 — fixed in 3.0.00.101, 3.0.02.7

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Samsung Text-To-Speech 3.0.00.101, 3.0.02.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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
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

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