openjpeg v 2.5.0 was discovered to contain a NULL pointer dereference via the component /openjp2/dwt.c.

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2025-1198 advisory.

    openjpeg v 2.5.0 was discovered to contain a NULL pointer dereference via the component /openjp2/dwt.c.
    (CVE-2025-50952)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of openjpeg2 installed on the remote host is prior to 2.4.0-5. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2025-3007 advisory.

    openjpeg v 2.5.0 was discovered to contain a NULL pointer dereference via the component /openjp2/dwt.c.
    (CVE-2025-50952)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.04 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7757-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that OpenJPEG did not properly handle memory when decompressing certain image files. An     attacker could possibly use this issue to cause OpenJPEG to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This     issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.
    (CVE-2025-50952)

    It was discovered that OpenJPEG did not properly handle memory when parsing the headers of certain image     files. An attacker could use this issue to cause OpenJPEG to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or     possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 25.04. (CVE-2025-54874)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - openjpeg v 2.5.0 was discovered to contain a NULL pointer dereference via the component /openjp2/dwt.c.
    (CVE-2025-50952)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
266175	Amazon Linux 2023 : openjpeg2, openjpeg2-devel, openjpeg2-tools (ALAS2023-2025-1198)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	medium
266161	Amazon Linux 2 : openjpeg2, --advisory ALAS2-2025-3007 (ALAS-2025-3007)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	medium
265698	Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.04 : OpenJPEG vulnerabilities (USN-7757-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
253586	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-50952	Nessus	Misc.	medium

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