Vulnerability in Samsung Text-To-Speech

CVE-2019-16253

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.

EPSS: 0.012 (64.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-16253?
CVE-2019-16253 is a high-severity vulnerability in Samsung Text-To-Speech. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-09-25.
How severe is CVE-2019-16253?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-16253 known to be exploited?
14 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.