CVE-2019-25695: R-Project R

High severity, CVSS 8.4. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

R 3.4.4 contains a local buffer overflow vulnerability that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by injecting malicious input into the GUI Preferences language field. Attackers can craft a payload with a 292-byte offset and JMP ESP instruction to execute commands like calc.exe when the payload is pasted into the Language for menus and messages field.

Affected products

• R-Project R: version 3.4.4 only
• Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux Ai Rhel Ai 3

Published 2026-04-12. Last modified 2026-07-15.