{"cve":"CVE-2019-16253","nvd":{"published":"2019-09-25T23:15:10.607","modified":"2026-06-17T02:22:00.330","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":[],"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/"],"products":["samsung:text-to-speech"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:59:10.855360465+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2019-16253","score":0.01192,"percentile":0.68008,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}