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CVE-2025-54874

OpenJPEG allows OOB heap memory write in opj_jp2_read_header

Published: Aug 5, 2025Updated: Sep 26, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-457
9.8CRITICAL
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.6%
Top 55.8%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

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.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-457

Affected Products

Red Hat Enterprise LinuxRed Hat Inc.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
АЛЬТ СП 10АО «ИВК»
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AIRed Hat Inc.
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
OpenJPEGСообщество свободного программного обеспечения
LibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
openjpeguclouvain
LibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
red hat inc.commercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat
ао «ивк»commercialRUOperating Systemsaka ivk
сообщество свободного программного обеспеченияoss-projectOperating Systemsaka сообщество свободного программного обеспечения, fsf
uclouvainoss-projectBEOSS Librariesaka openjpeg

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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References

https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/pull/1573
github.com
https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/commit/f809b80c67717c152a5ad30bf06774f00da4fd2d
github.com
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-54874
access.redhat.com
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Timeline

Published
Aug 5, 2025
Last Updated
Sep 26, 2025

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