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CVE-2018-25258

Published: Apr 12, 2026

Modified: Apr 13, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

8.4

HIGH

Description

RGui 3.5.0 contains a local buffer overflow vulnerability in the GUI preferences dialog that allows attackers to bypass DEP protections through structured exception handling exploitation. Attackers can craft malicious input in the Language for menus and messages field to trigger a stack-based buffer overflow, execute a ROP chain for VirtualAlloc allocation, and achieve arbitrary code execution.

Vendor	Product	Versions
R-Project	RGui	affected `3.5.0`

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

ExploitDB-46107

exploit

Official Product Homepage

product

Product Reference

product

VulnCheck Advisory: RGui 3.5.0 Local Buffer Overflow SEH DEP Bypass

third-party-advisory

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