Is CVE-2009-2950 being actively exploited?

CVE-2009-2950 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2009-2950?

CVE-2009-2950 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 9.3 (HIGH).

CVE-2009-2950

HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 13.5%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score: 9.3 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-787
EPSS score: 13.5% (96th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2009-2937)
Published: February 16, 2010
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-2937 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

apache / openoffice
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
debian / debian linux
debian / debian linux

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00005.html(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/38567(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/38568(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/38695(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/38921(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/41818(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/60799(Broken Link)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023591(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1995(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201408-19.xml(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:221(Broken Link)
http://www.openoffice.org/security/bulletin.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2009-2950.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2010-175626.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0101.html(Broken Link)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38218(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-903-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-287A.html(Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0366(Broken Link, Patch)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0635(Broken Link)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2905(Broken Link)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=527512(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56238(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11050(Tool Signature)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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