PT-2026-32162 · Canonical · R-Base

Published 2026-04-12 · Updated 2026-04-12 · CVE-2019-25695

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.4

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions R version 3.4.4

Description A local buffer overflow allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by injecting malicious input into the GUI Preferences language field. Specifically, a payload with a 292-byte offset and JMP ESP instruction can be used to execute commands, such as calc.exe, when pasted into the "Language for menus and messages" field.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

CVE-2019-25695

Affected Products

R-Base

References · 7

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/46265 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-25695 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-25695 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-25695 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-25695 · Security Note
• https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/windows · Note
• https://vulncheck.com/advisories/r-local-buffer-overflow-windows-xp-sp3 · Note