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High severity7.4NVD Advisory· Published Apr 13, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2015-8843

CVE-2015-8843

Description

The Foxit Cloud Update Service (FoxitCloudUpdateService) in Foxit Reader 6.1 through 6.2.x and 7.x before 7.2.2, when an update to the Cloud plugin is available, allows local users to gain privileges by writing crafted data to a shared memory region, which triggers memory corruption.

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Affected products

11
  • Foxitsoftware/Reader10 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:foxit_reader:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 9 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:foxit_reader:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:foxit_reader:6.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:foxit_reader:6.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:foxit_reader:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:foxit_reader:6.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:foxit_reader:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:foxit_reader:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:foxit_reader:7.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:foxit_reader:7.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:foxit_reader:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Foxitsoftware/Foxit Reader Pluginllm-fuzzy
    Range: >=6.1, <7.2.2

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