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UI Spoofing in Google Chrome for Android Omnibox

IdentifiersCVE-2025-12729CWE-451· User Interface (UI)…

CVE-2025-12729 is an inappropriate implementation flaw in the Omnibox component of Google Chrome on Android prior to version 142.0.7444.137. According to the provided content, a remote attacker can use a crafted HTML page and induce the victim to perform specific UI gestures, resulting in UI spoofing. The issue affects the browser’s address bar / interface presentation logic on Android, allowing attacker-controlled web content to cause misleading or deceptive UI states. The available information does not identify the exact vulnerable function or code path, and Google has withheld further technical details.

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Successful exploitation can enable UI spoofing in Chrome on Android, allowing an attacker to misrepresent browser interface elements or page identity to the user. This can facilitate phishing, deception, and potential exposure of sensitive information if a user is tricked into trusting malicious content or interacting with a spoofed interface. The provided content does not indicate direct code execution or privilege escalation from this issue alone.

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No specific workaround is provided in the supplied content. Practical mitigation is to deploy the patched Chrome/Chromium build as soon as possible. Until updates are applied, reduce exposure by avoiding interaction with untrusted sites, limiting risky browsing on affected Android devices, and using enterprise controls that restrict access to untrusted web content where feasible.

Remediation

Patch, then assume compromise.

Update Google Chrome on Android to version 142.0.7444.137 or later. More generally, apply the latest Chrome 142 security update or any newer vendor-supplied build containing the fix. For downstream Chromium-based products, install the vendor-provided fixed version that incorporates the Chromium patch.
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