CVE-2015-8225
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThe 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.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceThe JPU (Joint Photographic Experts Group Processing Unit) driver in Huawei ALE smartphones (ALE-UL00, ALE-TL00) and GEM-703L devices contains a vulnerability that can be triggered by a crafted application possessing system or camera permissions, causing a device crash (denial of service). This is a driver-level flaw in the JPEG processing hardware abstraction.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE dataall versionsall versionsCVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify device modelCheck the device model number in Settings > About Phone (or similar). Look for ALE-UL00, ALE-TL00, or GEM-703L.Affected if Device model is ALE-UL00, ALE-TL00, or GEM-703L
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Check firmware versionNavigate to Settings > About Phone > Version. Compare the firmware build number against the fixed versions: ALE-UL00C00B220 or higher, ALE-TL00C01B220 or higher, GEM-703L V100R001C233B111 or higher.Affected if Firmware version is below these build numbers (all versions are affected per the CVE)
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Verify installed applications with elevated permissionsReview installed applications in Settings > Apps > Permissions. Identify any applications granted Camera or System (root) permissions.Affected if Applications with Camera or System permissions are installed (these permissions are required to trigger the vulnerability)
If the device is an affected model (ALE-UL00, ALE-TL00, or GEM-703L) running firmware below the fixed versions AND has applications with Camera or System permissions installed, the environment is vulnerable to CVE-2015-8225.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply vendor-supplied firmware updates (ALE-UL00C00B220+, ALE-TL00C01B220+, V100R001C233B111+) to affected Huawei devices and audit application permissions for camera/system access.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2015-8225 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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