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1 vulnerability found for R i386 by R-Project

CVE-2019-25656 (GCVE-0-2019-25656)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-04-05 20:45
Modified
2026-04-06 18:30
CWE
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.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
R-Project R i386 Version: 3.5.0
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