{"id":"MGASA-2017-0236","summary":"Updated R-base packages fix security vulnerability","details":"Cory Duplantis discovered a buffer overflow in the R programming language. A\nmalformed encoding file may lead to the execution of arbitrary code during PDF\ngeneration (CVE-2016-8714).\n","modified":"2026-04-16T01:48:28.698510435Z","published":"2017-08-03T19:05:47Z","upstream":["CVE-2016-8714"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0236.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20524"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3813"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"R-base","ecosystem":"Mageia:5","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/R-base?arch=source&distro=mageia-5"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.1.2-2.1.mga5"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0236.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}