High severity8.4NVD Advisory· Published Apr 12, 2026· Updated Apr 15, 2026

CVE-2018-25258

Description

RGui 3.5.0 contains a local buffer overflow vulnerability in the GUI preferences dialog that allows attackers to bypass DEP protections through structured exception handling exploitation. Attackers can craft malicious input in the Language for menus and messages field to trigger a stack-based buffer overflow, execute a ROP chain for VirtualAlloc allocation, and achieve arbitrary code execution.

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Affected products

R Project/RGuillm-create
Range: = 3.5.0

Patches

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References

cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/old/3.5.0/R-3.5.0-win.exenvd
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46107nvd
www.r-project.orgnvd
www.vulncheck.com/advisories/rgui-local-buffer-overflow-seh-dep-bypassnvd

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