Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Informations
Name CVE-2016-8714 First vendor Publication 2017-03-10
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2024-11-21

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Overall CVSS Score 8.8
Base Score 8.8 Environmental Score 8.8
impact SubScore 5.9 Temporal Score 8.8
Exploitabality Sub Score 2.8
 
Attack Vector Network Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High Availability Impact High
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 6.8 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8714

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') (CWE/SANS Top 25)

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 2
Os 1

Snort® IPS/IDS

Date Description
2016-12-02 R Project PDF encoding buffer overflow attempt
RuleID : 40895 - Revision : 3 - Type : FILE-OTHER
2016-12-02 R Project PDF encoding buffer overflow attempt
RuleID : 40894 - Revision : 3 - Type : FILE-OTHER

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2017-07-17 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.
File : fedora_2017-07c8f3ea2b.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-03-22 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.
File : fedora_2017-da9d0f0dc0.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-03-21 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.
File : fedora_2017-ae18216e75.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-03-20 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-861.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-03-20 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-3813.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

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