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LINE for Android CVE-2025-14019

MEDIUM
User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information (CWE-451)
2025-12-15 dl_cve@linecorp.com
4.7
CVSS 3.1 · NVD
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Craft malicious web page with obscuring layout
  2. Delivery
    Deliver link to LINE user via chat
  3. Exploit
    Victim opens link in LINE in-app browser
  4. Execution
    Layout hides full-screen warning prompt
  5. Impact
    Victim submits credentials to spoofed page

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V3 - Web Frontend Security UI security representation
Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires the victim to open an attacker-supplied link inside the LINE in-app browser on an affected Android client (versions 13.8 through 15.5), and the attacker's page must employ a specific layout that overlaps/obscures the full-screen warning prompt the browser normally shows. The attack is unauthenticated (PR:N) and network-delivered (AV:N) but is strictly limited by the need for user interaction (UI:R) - the user must open the malicious link AND be deceived into trusting the spoofed interface and entering data - and is confined to the affected version range; versions outside 13.8-15.5 and non-Android LINE clients are not indicated as affected. It is a deception-only flaw: no code execution, data read, or denial of service results directly from the bug.

Impact

This is a moderate-severity UI spoofing flaw (CWE-451) that signals a low operational priority despite affecting a very popular application. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N, base 4.7) shows a network-delivered, low-complexity, unauthenticated attack but one that REQUIRES user interaction (UI:R) and yields only limited integrity impact with no confidentiality or availability impact - consistent with phishing/deception rather than code execution or data theft. The scope change (S:C) reflects that the in-app browser spoofing can influence trust decisions the user makes on attacker-controlled content. Exploitation-probability signals reinforce low urgency: EPSS is 0.18% (7th percentile), there is no CISA KEV listing (not actively exploited), and no SSVC/automatable data was provided. The sole reference is a HackerOne report (vendor bug-bounty disclosure via dl_cve@linecorp.com), which may contain reproduction detail but was not supplied as weaponized exploit code. Note one labeling tension: the 'Information Disclosure' tag does not align with the CVSS impact profile (C:N, I:L), which points to UI integrity/deception, not disclosure - this is a phishing-enablement bug, not a direct data-leak. Overall this is a legitimate but low-priority issue: high deployment footprint, but real-world exploitation depends on social-engineering success rather than a reliable technical primitive.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker sends a LINE user a link to a malicious web page; when the victim opens it in the LINE in-app browser, the attacker's page uses a specific layout to obscure the full-screen security warning prompt so the user does not realize they are on an untrusted/spoofed page, and then enters credentials or sensitive data into the fake interface. The attack requires the victim to open the link and interact (UI:R), and no public exploit code was supplied - only a HackerOne disclosure report.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 07, 2026

UI spoofing in the LINE client for Android versions 13.8 through 15.5 allows a malicious page loaded in LINE's in-app browser to obscure the full-screen warning prompt using a crafted layout, enabling phishing-style deception of the user. The flaw is network-delivered and unauthenticated (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N) but requires the victim to open an attacker-supplied link and then trust and interact with the spoofed interface, so real-world exploitation depends entirely on successful social engineering. Impact is limited to integrity of the user's perception of a security warning (CWE-451); there is no code execution, data read, or denial of service, and no public exploit code or confirmed active exploitation was identified at time of analysis, with EPSS at 0.18% (7th percentile) indicating a low predicted likelihood of exploitation.

RemediationAI

Upgrade the LINE client for Android to a build above the affected 13.8-15.5 range once a fixed release is published; the available input data contains no vendor-confirmed fix version or patch reference (only the HackerOne report at https://hackerone.com/reports/3062270), so patch status must be treated as no vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis and the exact remediated version should be confirmed against LINE's own release notes or the advisory linked from that report before relying on it. Where immediate upgrade is not possible, the effective compensating control is to avoid opening untrusted links in LINE's in-app browser: users should long-press links and open them in an external browser (Chrome, Firefox) that enforces its own interstitial warnings, or copy and inspect the URL before visiting it - the trade-off is added friction and the loss of in-app login/session continuity for legitimate links. Organizations can further restrict exposure through mobile device management by blocking unknown or newly registered domains at the network/DNS layer and by user awareness training that LINE in-app browser pages should never be trusted to display security warnings; neither control removes the underlying UI-spoofing defect, and both depend on the affected client remaining unpatched. No code-execution or data-exfiltration primitive exists in this bug, so host-level mitigations such as endpoint hardening or sandboxing are not relevant here.

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The vulnerability resides in the in-app browser component shipped with the LINE messaging client on Android, tracked under CPE cpe:2.3:a:linecorp:line:*:*:*:*:*:android:*:*. Before rendering certain pages, that embedded browser presents a full-screen warning prompt intended to alert the user to potentially unsafe navigation; CVE-2025-14019 falls into the CWE-451 class (user interface misrepresentation of critical information / origin validation and UI spoofing), meaning the security-relevant UI can be visually misrepresented rather than logically bypassed. In this case a specifically crafted page layout is able to overlap or otherwise obscure the warning prompt, so the user may not perceive the warning as coming from LINE and can be induced to enter credentials or other sensitive data into attacker-controlled content. The CVSS scope change (S:C) reflects that the deception crosses a trust boundary between the rendered third-party web content and the LINE browser chrome/warning UI, while the low confidentiality and availability impact values confirm the bug is a presentation-layer defect with no memory-safety or logic-execution primitive behind it. Because the affected component is the Android in-app browser only, other platform clients (iOS, desktop) and LINE server-side services are not implicated by the available data.

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Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY 4.7 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
vuln.today AI 4.7 MEDIUM

Malicious link is delivered over the network (AV:N) with no auth (PR:N) but needs the victim to open and trust it (UI:R); spoofing crosses a trust boundary (S:C) yielding only limited integrity/deception impact (I:L, C:N, A:N).

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from NVD.

CVSS VectorNVD

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

DescriptionNVD

LINE client for Android versions from 13.8 to 15.5 is vulnerable to UI spoofing in the in-app browser where a specific layout could obscure the full-screen warning prompt, potentially allowing attackers to conduct phishing attacks.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 93% exploitable
Prevalence
High
LINE Android is a messaging app with hundreds of millions of users in Asia
Data Quality
3 sources
Confidence: Low

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation· derived
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable· derived
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium

Priority Score

24
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +24
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.

Affected Products (CPE)NVD

cpe:2.3:a:linecorp:line:*:*:*:*:*:android:*:*

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