vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-4799-1 (CVE-2016-8714): R vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Mar 10, 2017 | Mar 22, 2023 | Aug 18, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Mar 10, 2017
Added
Mar 22, 2023
Modified
Aug 18, 2025
Description
It was discovered that a buffer overflow in R causes memory corruption. An
attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service or execute
arbitrary code.
Solutions
ubuntu-pro-upgrade-r-baseubuntu-pro-upgrade-r-base-core
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