CVE-2023-32541: Hancom Office 2020 · Use After Free
Affects Hancom Office 2020Source CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.8 High.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 11:42 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 53% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 26 Sep 2023
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
- Immediately implement strict email and document handling policies to block or quarantine unsolicited or suspicious .doc files, especially from unknown sources.
- Educate users about the risks of opening unexpected or unverified documents and encourage verification before opening.
- Employ endpoint protection solutions with heuristic and behavior-based detection to identify exploitation attempts targeting use-after-free vulnerabilities.
- Monitor network and endpoint logs for unusual activity indicative of exploitation attempts or post-exploitation behaviors.
- Restrict the execution privileges of Hancom Office processes using application control or sandboxing techniques to limit the impact of potential code execution.
- Regularly check for and apply vendor patches or updates as soon as they become available.
- Consider alternative document viewers or office suites for high-risk environments until a patch is released.
- Implement network segmentation to contain potential breaches originating from compromised endpoints.
Description
A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the footerr functionality of Hancom Office 2020 HWord 11.0.0.7520. A specially crafted .doc file can lead to a use-after-free. An attacker can trick a user into opening a malformed file to trigger this vulnerability.