CVE-2015-8225 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Huawei smartphones via a crafted application exploiting the JPU driver, requiring system or camera permissions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2015-8225?
CVE-2015-8225 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 8 Jan 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Joint Photographic Experts Group Processing Unit (JPU) driver in Huawei ALE smartphones with software before ALE-UL00C00B220 and ALE-TL00C01B220 and GEM-703L smartphones with software before V100R001C233B111 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted application with the system or camera permission, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8226.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-8225?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Huawei Ale Firmware, Huawei Gem-703l Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2015-8225?
No fix has been published for CVE-2015-8225 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2015-8225 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-8225 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hr43-w9f9-9mhh.