Integer overflow in Hancom Office
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-190 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
When opening a Hangul HShow Document (.hpt) and processing a structure within the document, Hancom Office 2014 will use a field from the structure in an operation that can cause the integer to overflow. This result is then used to allocate memory to copy file data in. Due to the lack of bounds checking on the integer, the allocated memory buffer can be made to be undersized at which point the reading of file data will write outside the bounds of the buffer. This can lead to code execution under the context of the application.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hancom | Hancom Office | 2014 VP Trial HShow.exe Product version: 9.1.0.2176 HncBM90.dll Product version: 9.1.0.2291 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Hancom Office VendorHancom Affected 2014 VP Trial HShow.exe Product version: 9.1.0.2176 HncBM90.dll Product version: 9.1.0.2291 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-4291
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-crxv-hwq9-wj7h
References
More Hancom Office 2014 vulnerabilities
- TI-2016-03682 Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the (1) CBookBase::SetDefTableStyle and (2)… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
- TI-2016-03686 Integer overflow in Hancom version Hancom Office 2014 VP Trial HShow.exe Product version… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
- TI-2016-03683 Memory corruption in Hancom Office CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
- TI-2016-03685 Memory corruption in Hancom Office CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
- TI-2016-03684 Memory corruption in Hancom Office CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
- TI-2016-03681 Memory corruption in Hancom Office CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
Sources
- CVE-2016-4291 · CVE Program
- CVE-2016-4291 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-crxv-hwq9-wj7h · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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