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CVE-2016-4291

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-4291 is an integer overflow vulnerability affecting Hancom Office 2014 when processing specially crafted Hangul HShow Documents (.hpt). This flaw allows an attacker to trigger an undersized memory allocation, leading to an out-of-bounds write and potential arbitrary code execution. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it requires user interaction (opening a malicious file) but has low attack complexity, potentially resulting in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 9.1.0.2176CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hancom:hancom_office_2014:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.13%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0213 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 11,617 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

securityfocus.com / bid/92325
talosintelligence.com / reports/TALOS-2016-0146
ExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry