CVE-2016-8714

Debian Security Advisory 3813-1

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Existe una vulnerabilidad de desbordamiento de búfer explotable en la funcionalidad LoadEncoding del lenguaje de programación R versión 3.3.0. Una secuencia de comandos R especialmente manipulada puede provocar un desbordamiento de búfer resultando en una corrupción de memoria. Un atacante puede enviar una secuencias de comandos R maliciosa para desencadenar esta vulnerabilidad.

Cory Duplantis discovered a buffer overflow in the R programming language. A malformed encoding file may lead to the execution of arbitrary code during PDF generation.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2016-10-17 CVE Reserved
2017-03-10 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2024-08-06 First Exploit
2024-12-17 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-120: Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96785	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0227	2024-08-06

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3813	2022-12-14

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
R Project Search vendor "R Project"		R Search vendor "R Project" for product "R"				3.3.0 Search vendor "R Project" for product "R" and version "3.3.0"		-		Affected
R Project Search vendor "R Project"		R Search vendor "R Project" for product "R"				3.3.2 Search vendor "R Project" for product "R" and version "3.3.2"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				8.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "8.0"		-		Affected