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CVE-2009-2950
Heap-based buffer overflow in the GIFLZWDecompressor::GIFLZWDecompressor function in filter.vcl/lgif/decode.cxx in OpenOffice.org (OOo)…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 13.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 6 months later
· 6 months later
Published
- 14 years later
· 14 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 13.5% · top 3.5% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
24
- MDVSA-2010:221 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 60799 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-201408-19 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2009-2950.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=527512 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 38695 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1995 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- USN-903-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- ADV-2010-0366 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2010:017 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 38567 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2010-175626.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openoffice-gif-bo(56238) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 38218 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2010-0635 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 38568 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1023591 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://www.openoffice.org/security/bulletin.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 41818 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- TA10-287A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11050 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- RHSA-2010:0101 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 38921 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2010-2905 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2009-2937 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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