CVE-2019-25695 — R 3.4.4 contains a local buffer overflow vulnerability that allows attackers to…
Severity: High · Kind: Vulnerability
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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.
Vulnerability facts
- CVE
- CVE-2019-25695
- CVSS
- 8.4
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