2018-03-23
ALT-BU-2018-3151-1
Branch p8 update bulletin.
Closed vulnerabilities
Published: 2017-03-10
Modified: 2024-11-21
Modified: 2024-11-21
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.
Severity: HIGH (8.8)
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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