CVE-2019-25656 (GCVE-0-2019-25656)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-05 20:45 – Updated: 2026-04-06 18:30
VLAI
Title
R i386 3.5.0 Local Buffer Overflow SEH
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.
Severity
8.6 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
8.4 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
R-Project R i386 Affected: 3.5.0
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Date Public
2019-01-31 00:00
Credits
Dino Covotsos - Telspace Systems
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