High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jan 6, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-4292
CVE-2016-4292
Description
When opening a Hangul HShow Document (.hpt) and processing a structure within the document, Hancom Office 2014 will use a static size to allocate a heap buffer yet explicitly trust a size from the file when modifying data inside of it. Due to this, an aggressor can corrupt memory outside the bounds of this buffer 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-2016-0147/nvdExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/92325nvd
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