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CVE-2016-8714
HIGH · CVSS 8.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-03-10T10:59:00.157 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:54:52.030

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.

Affected products

r_project — r

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References

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