CVE-2016-8714

2017-03-1010:29:00

talos

www.cve.org

CVSS3

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

AI Score

8.7

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.002

Percentile

58.7%

JSON

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.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "R",
    "vendor": "The R Project",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "3.3.0"
      },
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "3.3.2"
      }
    ]
  }
]