CVE-2016-8714

An exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the LoadEncoding functionality of the R programming language version 3.3.0. A specially crafted R script can cause a buffer overflow resulting in a memory corruption. An attacker can send a malicious R script to trigger this vulnerability.

Score

CVSS 3.1 8.8 High

Status

Modified - talos-cna@cisco.com

Published

2017-03-10

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-120

Affected products

• Debian Linux (Debian)
• R (R Project)
• R (The R Project)

References

• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3813
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96785
• http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0227/