UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8714

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8714

    Published: 10 Mar 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-8714
    Aliases:
    USN-4799-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8714, http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0227/, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8714, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4799-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: r-base

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~esm2?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.0.2-1ubuntu1.1~esm2

    Affected versions

    3.0.1-3ubuntu1
    3.0.2-1ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High