FKIE_CVE-2015-8843

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-04-13 15:59 - Updated: 2026-05-06 22:30
Severity
7.4 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-640
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php#FRD-35Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-640
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php#FRD-35Patch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
foxitsoftware foxit_reader 6.1
foxitsoftware foxit_reader 6.1.2
foxitsoftware foxit_reader 6.1.4
foxitsoftware foxit_reader 6.2
foxitsoftware foxit_reader 6.2.1
foxitsoftware foxit_reader 7.0
foxitsoftware foxit_reader 7.0.1
foxitsoftware foxit_reader 7.0.6
foxitsoftware foxit_reader 7.1.5
foxitsoftware foxit_reader 7.2
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