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DEBIAN-CVE-2016-8714

An exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the LoadEncoding functionality of the R programming language version 3.3.0. A specially crafted...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 r-base

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.3.3-1"}]}]

Debian:13 r-base

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.3.3-1"}]}]

Debian:14 r-base

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.3.3-1"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org