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 R script can cause a buffer overflow resulting in
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.40% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 83.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2017-03-10 10:29Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 02:27Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-10-17
- Assigning CNA
- talos
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.5)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 1adca0d9d8d2cfa217a1c2475e44e6383660d8fa47b5c74f14539b5e9630ad58
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com96785http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96785
- www.debian.orgDSA-3813http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3813
- www.talosintelligence.comhttp://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0227/
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- r-base Fixed in 3.3.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- r-base Fixed in 3.3.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- r-base Fixed in 3.3.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- r-base Fixed in 3.0.2-1ubuntu1.1~esm2Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS
- r-base Fixed in 3.2.3-4ubuntu0.1~esm3Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.