Heap-based Buffer Overflow in Hancom Thinkfree Office NEO 9.6.1.4902 Hangul Word Processor Component

Heap-based Buffer Overflow in Hancom Thinkfree Office NEO 9.6.1.4902 Hangul Word Processor Component

CVE-2017-2819 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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.

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