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critical 9.8

CVE-2025-54874 json

OpenJPEG allows OOB heap memory write in opj_jp2_read_header

published last yr. modified 3mo ago also EUVD-2025-23631 , JLSEC-2026-552

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 51%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

OpenJPEG is an open-source JPEG 2000 codec. In OpenJPEG from 2.5.1 through 2.5.3, a call to opj_jp2_read_header may lead to OOB heap memory write when the data stream p_stream is too short and p_image is not initialized.

Patch / fix

  • julia OpenJpeg_jll 2.5.5+0
  • openjpeg2 Debian 13 2.5.3-2.1~deb13u1
  • openjpeg2 Debian 14 2.5.3-2.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2025-54874

  • openjpeg2 Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, Ubuntu 25.10 2.5.3-2.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2025-54874

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • openjpeg2 RHEL 10.0 2.5.2-4.el10_0.1
  • openjpeg2-tools RHEL 10.0 2.5.2-4.el10_0.1

red hat advisories RHSA-2025:13944

  • openjpeg2 SLES for SAP applications 16.0, SLES 16.0 2.5.3-160000.4.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:21995-1

  • chromium openSUSE Leap 16.0 142.0.7444.162-bp160.1.1
  • chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 139.0.7258.66-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2025:20076-1openSUSE-SU-2025:15421-1

  • openjpeg2 AlmaLinux 10 2.5.2-4.el10_0.1
  • openjpeg2-tools AlmaLinux 10 2.5.2-4.el10_0.1

almalinux advisories ALSA-2025:13944

  • openjpeg2 Rocky Linux 10 2.5.2-4.el10_0.1

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2025:13944

  • openjpeg Alpine 3.22, Alpine 3.21 2.5.4-r0
  • openjpeg Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23 2.5.3-r1
  • qt6-qtwebengine Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23 6.9.2-r1

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2025-54874

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2025-54874 updated cvss 8.0

openjpeg: OpenJPEG OOB heap memory write

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 openjpeg, openjpeg-libs
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) openjpeg2 2.5.2-4.el10_0.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10) openjpeg2-tools 2.5.2-4.el10_0.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:13944
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 openjpeg, openjpeg2, openjpeg-libs, openjpeg2-tools Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 openjpeg2, openjpeg2-tools Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 openjpeg2, openjpeg2-tools Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) libpdfium
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
9mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 51% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • securitylab.github.com https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2025-057_OpenCV referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 6.6 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
CNA 4.0 6.6 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
OSV 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
julia OpenJpeg_jll
<2.5.5+0
2.5.5+0

Affected products

  • uclouvain openjpeg

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-457 Use of Uninitialized Variable

References

Sources

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