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Foxit Reader: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer (CVE-2015-8843)

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Foxit Reader: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer (CVE-2015-8843)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
04/13/2016
Created
02/01/2020
Added
01/24/2020
Modified
01/27/2020

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.

Solution(s)

  • foxit-reader-upgrade-latest

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