CVE-2009-2949: Apache Openoffice

High severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 14.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Integer overflow in the XPMReader::ReadXPM function in filter.vcl/ixpm/svt_xpmread.cxx in OpenOffice.org (OOo) before 3.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted XPM file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Affected products

  • Apache Openoffice: before 3.2.0 (fixed in 3.2.0)
  • Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 8.04 only; version 8.10 only; version 9.04 only; version 9.10 only
  • Debian Debian Linux: version 4.0 only; version 5.0 only

Published 2010-02-16. Last modified 2026-06-16.