High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Mar 10, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-8714

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.

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Affected products

R Project/R3 versions
cpe:2.3:a:r_project:r:3.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:r_project:r:3.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:r_project:r:3.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 3.3.0
Debian/linux
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
R Programming Language/R programming languagellm-create
Range: =3.3.0

Patches

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References

www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0227/nvdExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3813nvdThird Party Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/96785nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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