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CVE-2016-8714

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-03-10 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-120

Description

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.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 8.0
• R Project R: 3.3.0, 3.3.2

References

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

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