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CVE-2019-25656

Published: Apr 5, 2026

Modified: Apr 6, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

8.4

HIGH

Description

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
R-Project	R i386	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-46288

exploit

Official Product Homepage

product

Product Reference

product

VulnCheck Advisory: R i386 3.5.0 Local Buffer Overflow SEH

third-party-advisory

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