What is CVE-2015-8843?

CVE-2015-8843 is a high-severity vulnerability in Foxitsoftware Foxit Reader, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.4/10. Published 2016-04-13.

How severe is CVE-2015-8843?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.4 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Foxitsoftware Foxit Reader

CVE-2015-8843

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.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.007 (47.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Foxitsoftware Foxit_reader — versions 6.1, 6.1.2, 6.1.4
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-8843?: CVE-2015-8843 is a high-severity vulnerability in Foxitsoftware Foxit Reader, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.4/10. Published 2016-04-13.
How severe is CVE-2015-8843?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.4 out of 10.