CVE-2009-2950: Apache Openoffice

High severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 13.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Heap-based buffer overflow in the GIFLZWDecompressor::GIFLZWDecompressor function in filter.vcl/lgif/decode.cxx in OpenOffice.org (OOo) before 3.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted GIF file, related to LZW decompression.

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.