CVE Catalog

CVE-2017-2819

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the Hangul Word Processor component (version 9.6.1.4350) of Hancom Thinkfree Office NEO 9.6.1.4902. A specially crafted document stream can cause an integer underflow leading to a buffer overflow and potential code execution under the application's context.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can entice a user to open a malicious document, which may lead to unauthorized code execution on the system. This poses a serious threat to data security and system integrity.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the software to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability. Additionally, users should be warned against opening documents from unknown sources.

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Original NVD description (English source)

An exploitable heap-based buffer overflow exists in the Hangul Word Processor component (version 9.6.1.4350) of Hancom Thinkfree Office NEO 9.6.1.4902. A specially crafted document stream can cause an integer underflow resulting in a buffer overflow which can lead to code execution under the context of the application. An attacker can entice a user to open up a document in order to trigger this vulnerability.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS