High severity7.4NVD Advisory· Published Apr 13, 2016· Updated May 6, 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.
Affected products
10cpe: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: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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
2- www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.phpnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-640nvd
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