CVE-2023-4903
Inappropriate implementation in Custom Mobile Tabs in Google Chrome on Android prior to 117.0...
Inappropriate implementation in Custom Mobile Tabs in Google Chrome on Android prior to 117.0.5938.62 allowed a remote attacker to spoof security UI via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Inappropriate implementation in Custom Mobile Tabs in Google Chrome on Android prior to 117.0.5938.62 allowed a remote attacker to spoof security UI via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
- Record
CVE-2023-4903- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score
Inappropriate implementation in Custom Mobile Tabs in Google Chrome on Android prior to 117.0.5938.62 allowed a remote attacker to spoof security UI via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
- Record
CVE-2023-4903- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-54742No score
Inappropriate implementation in Custom Mobile Tabs in Google Chrome on Android prior to 117.0.5938.62 allowed a remote attacker to spoof security UI via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
- Record
EUVD-2023-54742- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8j7g-fq3w-jp2m
Inappropriate implementation in Custom Mobile Tabs in Google Chrome on Android prior to 117.0...
Inappropriate implementation in Custom Mobile Tabs in Google Chrome on Android prior to 117.0.5938.62 allowed a remote attacker to spoof security UI via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
- Record
GHSA-8j7g-fq3w-jp2m- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Inappropriate implementation in Custom Mobile Tabs in Google Chrome on Android prior to 117.0.5938.62 allowed a remote attacker to spoof security UI via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
- Record
CVE-2023-4903- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2023-4903
Inappropriate implementation in Custom Mobile Tabs in Google Chrome on Android prior to 117.0.5938.62 allowed a remote attacker to spoof security UI via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2023-4903- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
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OSVMGASA-2023-0283No score
Updated chromium-browser-stable package fixes bugs and vulnerabilities
The chromium-browser-stable package has been updated to the 117.0.5938.92 release, fixing bugs and 31 vulnerabilities, together with 117.0.5938.92, 117.0.5938.88, 117.0.5938.62, 116.0.5845.187 and 116.0.5845.179.
Google is aware that an exploit for CVE-2023-5217 exists in the wild.
High CVE-2023-5217: Heap buffer overflow in vp8 encoding in libvpx. Reported by Clément Lecigne of Google's Threat Analysis Group on 2023-09-25
High CVE-2023-5186: Use after free in Passwords. Reported by [pwn2car] on 2023-09-05
High CVE-2023-5187: Use after free in Extensions. Reported by Thomas Orlita on 2023-08-25
Critical CVE-2023-4863: Heap buffer overflow in WebP. Reported by Apple Security Engineering and Architecture (SEAR) and The Citizen Lab at The University of Torontoʼs Munk School on 2023-09-06
Medium CVE-2023-4900: Inappropriate implementation in Custom Tabs. Reported by Levit Nudi from Kenya on 2023-04-06
Medium CVE-2023-4901: Inappropriate implementation in Prompts. Reported by Kang Ali on 2023-06-29
Medium CVE-2023-4902: Inappropriate implementation in Input. Reported by Axel Chong on 2023-06-14
Medium CVE-2023-4903: Inappropriate implementation in Custom Mobile Tabs. Reported by Ahmed ElMasry on 2023-05-18
Medium CVE-2023-4904: Insufficient policy enforcement in Downloads. Reported by Tudor Enache @tudorhacks on 2023-06-09
Medium CVE-2023-4905: Inappropriate implementation in Prompts. Reported by Hafiizh on 2023-04-29
Low CVE-2023-4906: Insufficient policy enforcement in Autofill. Reported by Ahmed ElMasry on 2023-05-30
Low CVE-2023-4907: Inappropriate implementation in Intents. Reported by Mohit Raj (shadow2639) on 2023-07-04
Low CVE-2023-4908: Inappropriate implementation in Picture in Picture. Reported by Axel Chong on 2023-06-06
Low CVE-2023-4909: Inappropriate implementation in Interstitials. Reported by Axel Chong on 2023-07-09
Critical CVE-2023-4863: Heap buffer overflow in WebP
High CVE-2023-4761: Out of bounds memory access in FedCM. Reported by DarkNavy on 2023-08-28
High CVE-2023-4762: Type Confusion in V8. Reported by anonymous on 2023-08-16
High CVE-2023-4763: Use after free in Networks. Reported by anonymous on 2023-08-03
High CVE-2023-4764: Incorrect security UI in BFCache. Reported by Irvan Kurniawan (sourc7) on 2023-05-20
- Record
MGASA-2023-0283- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2023:0249-1No score
Security update for chromium
This update for chromium fixes the following issues:
Update to verion 117.0.5938.88 (boo#1215279):
- CVE-2023-4900: Inappropriate implementation in Custom Tabs
- CVE-2023-4901: Inappropriate implementation in Prompts
- CVE-2023-4902: Inappropriate implementation in Input
- CVE-2023-4903: Inappropriate implementation in Custom Mobile Tabs
- CVE-2023-4904: Insufficient policy enforcement in Downloads
- CVE-2023-4905: Inappropriate implementation in Prompts
- CVE-2023-4906: Insufficient policy enforcement in Autofill
- CVE-2023-4907: Inappropriate implementation in Intents
- CVE-2023-4908: Inappropriate implementation in Picture in Picture
- CVE-2023-4909: Inappropriate implementation in Interstitials
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2023:0249-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:13242-1No score
chromedriver-116.0.5845.187-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the chromedriver-116.0.5845.187-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:13242-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:13244-1No score
ungoogled-chromium-116.0.5845.187-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the ungoogled-chromium-116.0.5845.187-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:13244-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
chromiumDebian:12 | before 117.0.5938.62-1~deb12u1, plus listed versions 113.0.5672.126-1114.0.5735.106-1114.0.5735.106-1~deb11u1114.0.5735.106-1~deb12u1114.0.5735.133-1 Show 33 moreShow less114.0.5735.133-1~deb11u1114.0.5735.133-1~deb12u1114.0.5735.198-1114.0.5735.198-1~deb11u1114.0.5735.198-1~deb12u1114.0.5735.90-1114.0.5735.90-2114.0.5735.90-2~deb11u1114.0.5735.90-2~deb12u1115.0.5790.102-1115.0.5790.102-2115.0.5790.170-1115.0.5790.170-1~deb11u1115.0.5790.170-1~deb12u1115.0.5790.98-1115.0.5790.98-1~deb11u1115.0.5790.98-1~deb12u1115.0.5790.98-2116.0.5845.110-1116.0.5845.110-1~deb11u1116.0.5845.110-1~deb12u1116.0.5845.110-2116.0.5845.140-1116.0.5845.140-1~deb11u1116.0.5845.140-1~deb12u1116.0.5845.180-1116.0.5845.180-1~deb11u1116.0.5845.180-1~deb12u1116.0.5845.96-1116.0.5845.96-1~deb11u1116.0.5845.96-1~deb12u1116.0.5845.96-2117.0.5938.62-1~deb11u1 | 117.0.5938.62-1~deb12u1 |
chromiumDebian:13 | before 117.0.5938.62-1 | 117.0.5938.62-1 |
chromiumDebian:14 | before 117.0.5938.62-1 | 117.0.5938.62-1 |
chromiumDebian:11 From an advisory covering 13 CVEs | before 117.0.5938.62-1~deb11u1, plus listed versions 100.0.4896.127-1100.0.4896.127-1~deb11u1100.0.4896.60-1100.0.4896.60-1~deb11u1100.0.4896.75-1 Show 45 moreShow less100.0.4896.75-1~deb11u1100.0.4896.88-1100.0.4896.88-1~deb11u1101.0.4951.41-1101.0.4951.41-1~deb11u1101.0.4951.41-2101.0.4951.54-1101.0.4951.64-1101.0.4951.64-1~deb11u1102.0.5005.115-1102.0.5005.115-1~deb11u1102.0.5005.61-1102.0.5005.61-1~deb11u1103.0.5060.114-1103.0.5060.114-1~deb11u1103.0.5060.134-1103.0.5060.134-1~deb11u1103.0.5060.53-1103.0.5060.53-1~deb11u1104.0.5112.101-1104.0.5112.101-1~deb11u1104.0.5112.79-1104.0.5112.79-1~deb11u1105.0.5195.102-1105.0.5195.102-1~deb11u1105.0.5195.125-1105.0.5195.125-1~deb11u1105.0.5195.52-1105.0.5195.52-1~deb11u1106.0.5249.103-1106.0.5249.103-2106.0.5249.119-1106.0.5249.119-1~deb11u1106.0.5249.61-1106.0.5249.61-1~deb11u1106.0.5249.91-1106.0.5249.91-1~deb11u1107.0.5304.110-1107.0.5304.110-1~deb11u1107.0.5304.110-2107.0.5304.121-1107.0.5304.121-1~deb11u1107.0.5304.68-1107.0.5304.68-1~deb11u1107.0.5304.87-1 | 117.0.5938.62-1~deb11u1 |
chromiumDebian:12 From an advisory covering 13 CVEs | before 117.0.5938.62-1~deb12u1, plus listed versions 113.0.5672.126-1114.0.5735.106-1114.0.5735.106-1~deb11u1114.0.5735.106-1~deb12u1114.0.5735.133-1 Show 33 moreShow less114.0.5735.133-1~deb11u1114.0.5735.133-1~deb12u1114.0.5735.198-1114.0.5735.198-1~deb11u1114.0.5735.198-1~deb12u1114.0.5735.90-1114.0.5735.90-2114.0.5735.90-2~deb11u1114.0.5735.90-2~deb12u1115.0.5790.102-1115.0.5790.102-2115.0.5790.170-1115.0.5790.170-1~deb11u1115.0.5790.170-1~deb12u1115.0.5790.98-1115.0.5790.98-1~deb11u1115.0.5790.98-1~deb12u1115.0.5790.98-2116.0.5845.110-1116.0.5845.110-1~deb11u1116.0.5845.110-1~deb12u1116.0.5845.110-2116.0.5845.140-1116.0.5845.140-1~deb11u1116.0.5845.140-1~deb12u1116.0.5845.180-1116.0.5845.180-1~deb11u1116.0.5845.180-1~deb12u1116.0.5845.96-1116.0.5845.96-1~deb11u1116.0.5845.96-1~deb12u1116.0.5845.96-2117.0.5938.62-1~deb11u1 | 117.0.5938.62-1~deb12u1 |
chromium-browser-stableMageia:9 From an advisory covering 18 CVEs | before 117.0.5938.132-1.mga9.tainted | 117.0.5938.132-1.mga9.tainted |
chromiumSUSE:Package Hub 15 SP4 From an advisory covering 10 CVEs | before 117.0.5938.88-bp155.2.37.1 | 117.0.5938.88-bp155.2.37.1 |
chromiumSUSE:Package Hub 15 SP5 From an advisory covering 10 CVEs | before 117.0.5938.88-bp155.2.37.1 | 117.0.5938.88-bp155.2.37.1 |
chromiumopenSUSE:Leap 15.4 From an advisory covering 10 CVEs | before 117.0.5938.88-bp155.2.37.1 | 117.0.5938.88-bp155.2.37.1 |
chromiumopenSUSE:Leap 15.5 From an advisory covering 10 CVEs | before 117.0.5938.88-bp155.2.37.1 | 117.0.5938.88-bp155.2.37.1 |
chromiumopenSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 10 CVEs | before 116.0.5845.187-1.1 | 116.0.5845.187-1.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-4903 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Google Chrome, published September 12, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.69%, the 53rd percentile. Fixed in chromium 117.0.5938.62-1~deb12u1.
References
chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_12.html
crbug.com/1446709
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6T655QF7CQ3DYAMPFV7IECQYGDEUIVVT
debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5499
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security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-34
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4903
github.com/advisories/GHSA-8j7g-fq3w-jp2m
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-4903
advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0283.html
bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32317
lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/security-announce@lists.opensuse.org/thread/MN26MICUYGDWUEPBBIGFRKH4W75UL6M2
bugzilla.suse.com/1215279
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4900
Left out here: 90 versions. The JSON record has them.