Vulnerability · Published Nov 4, 2026 · Assigned by apache

CVE-2026-90628Apache OpenOffice: Stack overflow in CFF hint handling

High 7.3

In plain English

A high-severity stack buffer overflow in Apache OpenOffice from Apache Software Foundation. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 14% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.3High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 85.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An uncontrolled memory access in the PDF export code of Apache OpenOffice versions through 4.1.16 allows a crafted CFF font to cause a stack overflow problem, causing program crash or memory corruption, or even running other code. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 4.1.17, which fixes this issue.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Apache Software Foundation Apache OpenOffice 0 – through 4.1.16

Weakness: CWE-121 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

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