What is CVE-2016-4293?

CVE-2016-4293 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hancom Office 2014, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-04-20.

How severe is CVE-2016-4293?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Hancom Office 2014

CVE-2016-4293

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the (1) CBookBase::SetDefTableStyle and (2) CBookBase::SetDefPivotStyle functions in Hancom Office 2014 VP allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Hangul Hcell Document (.cell) file.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.036 (88.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Hancom Hancom_office_2014 — versions 9.1.0.2176
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

cret@cert.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cret@cert.org (Technical Description, Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-4293?: CVE-2016-4293 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hancom Office 2014, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-04-20.
How severe is CVE-2016-4293?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.