CVE-2018-5201 Memory corruption in Hancom Office
A heap overflow in Hancom Office allows attackers to cause a program crash or denial of service via a malicious document.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-5201?
CVE-2018-5201 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Hancom Office, published on 21 Dec 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Hancom Office 2018 10.0.0.8214 and earlier, Hancom Office NEO 9.6.1.10472 and earlier, Hancom Office 2014 9.1.1.4540 and earlier, Hancom Office 2010 8.5.8.1724 and earlier versions have a heap overflow vulnerability when handling Compound File in document. This result in a program crash or denial of service conditions.
Weakness: CWE-787
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-5201?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Hancom Hancom Office 2010, Hancom Hancom Office 2014, Hancom Hancom Office 2018, Hancom Hancom Office Neo.
How do I fix CVE-2018-5201?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-5201 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2018-5201 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-5201 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-g457-3qpj-v3gc.