High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jan 6, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-4290
CVE-2016-4290
Description
When opening a Hangul HShow Document (.hpt) and processing a structure within the document, Hancom Office 2014 will attempt to allocate space for a block of data within the file. When calculating this length, the application will use a value from the file and add a constant to it without checking whether the addition of the constant will cause the integer to overflow which will cause the buffer to be undersized when the application tries to copy file data into it. This allows one to overwrite contiguous data in the heap which can lead to code-execution under the context of the application.
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Affected products
3cpe:2.3:a:hancom:hancom_office_2014:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:hancom:hancom_office_2014:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=9.1.0.2176
- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)range: 2014 VP Trial HShow.exe Product version: 9.1.0.2176 HncBM90.dll Product version: 9.1.0.2291
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0145/nvdExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/92325nvd
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