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CVE-2016-8714 (GCVE-0-2016-8714)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-03-10 10:29 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:27
VLAI?
Summary
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 ?
7.5 (High)
CWE
- buffer overflow
Assigner
References
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Impacted products
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| The R Project | R |
Affected:
3.3.0
Affected: 3.3.2 |
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