CVE-2015-8843

HighCVSS 7.4/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.4/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Apr 13, 2016
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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