### [CVE-2016-8714](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8714)
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### Description

An exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the LoadEncoding functionality of the R programming language version 3.3.0. A specially crafted R script can cause a buffer overflow resulting in a memory corruption. An attacker can send a malicious R script to trigger this vulnerability.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0227/
- http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0227/

#### Github
- https://github.com/squaresLab/SemanticCrashBucketing