CVE-2016-8714: Debian Linux

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 2.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only
• R Project R: version 3.3.0 only; version 3.3.2 only

Published 2017-03-10. Last modified 2026-06-17.