CVE-2016-8714

high

Published 2017-03-10 · Modified 2026-05-13

CVSS v3

8.8

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2

6.8

VIR risk

8.8

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

92%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-8714

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	8.0	affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`3.3.3-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`3.3.3-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`3.3.3-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`3.3.3-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`3.3.3-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
r_project	r	`3.3.0`
r_project	r	`3.3.2`

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3813
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96785
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0227/
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-8714

CWEs

CWE-120

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.