Vulnerability CVE-2016-8714


Published: 2017-03-10

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.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
R project -> R 

 References:
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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