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CVE-2023-32541: Hancom Office 2020 · Use After Free

Affects Hancom Office 2020Source CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.8 High.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 11:42 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
8.8High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
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:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 26 Sep 2023

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq 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

  1. Immediately implement strict email and document handling policies to block or quarantine unsolicited or suspicious .doc files, especially from unknown sources.
  2. Educate users about the risks of opening unexpected or unverified documents and encourage verification before opening.
  3. Employ endpoint protection solutions with heuristic and behavior-based detection to identify exploitation attempts targeting use-after-free vulnerabilities.
  4. Monitor network and endpoint logs for unusual activity indicative of exploitation attempts or post-exploitation behaviors.
  5. Restrict the execution privileges of Hancom Office processes using application control or sandboxing techniques to limit the impact of potential code execution.
  6. Regularly check for and apply vendor patches or updates as soon as they become available.
  7. Consider alternative document viewers or office suites for high-risk environments until a patch is released.
  8. 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.

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