CVE-2015-8843: Buffer Overflow
First published: Wed Apr 13 2016(Updated: )
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.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| 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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- version/foxitsoftware foxit reader/7.0
- version/foxitsoftware foxit reader/7.0.1
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- version/foxitsoftware foxit reader/7.1.5
- version/foxitsoftware foxit reader/7.2