CVE-2016-8714 describes a high-severity buffer overflow vulnerability in the LoadEncoding functionality of R programming language version 3.3.0, affecting Debian and R Project distributions. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this by sending a specially crafted R script, leading to memory corruption and potential full compromise of the affected system. Despite its high CVSS score of 8.8, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:r_project:r:3.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:r_project:r:3.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.