CVE Catalog

CVE-2019-25656

HighCVSS 8.4
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.16%

6th percentile - higher than 6% of all known CVEs

Summary

R i386 3.5.0 contains a local buffer overflow vulnerability in the GUI Preferences dialog that allows local attackers to trigger a structured exception handler (SEH) overwrite by supplying malicious input. Attackers can craft a payload string in the 'Language for menus and messages' field to overwrite SEH records and achieve code execution with calculator or arbitrary shellcode.

Risk Assessment

A local attacker can gain full control over the application and potentially the system, executing arbitrary code with application privileges.

Recommendation

Immediately update R i386 to the latest version that fixes this vulnerability, or discontinue use of this version.

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Original NVD description (English source)

R i386 3.5.0 contains a local buffer overflow vulnerability in the GUI Preferences dialog that allows local attackers to trigger a structured exception handler (SEH) overwrite by supplying malicious input. Attackers can craft a payload string in the 'Language for menus and messages' field to overwrite SEH records and achieve code execution with calculator or arbitrary shellcode.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS