What is CVE-2015-8223?

CVE-2015-8223 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei P7, classified under Permission Issues. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-04-13.

How severe is CVE-2015-8223?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2015-8223 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Huawei P7

CVE-2015-8223

Huawei P7 before P7-L00C17B851, P7-L05C00B851, and P7-L09C92B85, and P8 ALE-UL00 before ALE-UL00B211 allows local users to cause a denial of service (OS crash) by leveraging camera permissions and via crafted input to the camera driver.

EPSS: 0.002 (11.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-275 — Permission Issues

Public proof-of-concept exploits

jiayy/android_

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-8223?: CVE-2015-8223 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei P7, classified under Permission Issues. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-04-13.
How severe is CVE-2015-8223?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2015-8223 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.