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

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2025-993315 advisory.

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

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Unity Linux 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 Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-4424 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian LTS Advisory DLA-4424-1                debian-lts@lists.debian.org     https://www.debian.org/lts/security/                   Bastien Roucaris     December 29, 2025                             https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package        : openjpeg2     Version        : 2.4.0-3+deb11u2     CVE ID         : CVE-2025-50952

    A NULL pointer dereference was found in the component openjp2/dwt.c.

    For Debian 11 bullseye, this problem has been fixed in version     2.4.0-3+deb11u2.

    We recommend that you upgrade your openjpeg2 packages.

    For the detailed security status of openjpeg2 please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/openjpeg2

    Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

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

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

According to the versions of the openjpeg2 package installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

    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 EulerOS Virtualization openjpeg2 security advisory.

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

According to the versions of the openjpeg2 package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

    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 EulerOS openjpeg2 security advisory.

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

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 version of Tencent Linux installed on the remote TencentOS Server 4 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the TSSA-2025:0700 advisory.

    Package updates are available for TencentOS Server 4 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

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

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Tencent Linux 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 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
281437	Unity Linux 20.1070e Security Update: openjpeg2 (UTSA-2025-993315)	Nessus	Unity Linux Local Security Checks	medium
280125	Debian dla-4424 : libopenjp2-7 - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	medium
279322	EulerOS Virtualization 2.13.1 : openjpeg2 (EulerOS-SA-2025-2555)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
279317	EulerOS Virtualization 2.13.0 : openjpeg2 (EulerOS-SA-2025-2590)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
276459	EulerOS 2.0 SP13 : openjpeg2 (EulerOS-SA-2025-2451)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
274950	EulerOS 2.0 SP10 : openjpeg2 (EulerOS-SA-2025-2425)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
274894	EulerOS 2.0 SP10 : openjpeg2 (EulerOS-SA-2025-2397)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
274892	EulerOS 2.0 SP12 : openjpeg2 (EulerOS-SA-2025-2369)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
274873	EulerOS 2.0 SP12 : openjpeg2 (EulerOS-SA-2025-2338)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
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
258022	TencentOS Server 4: openjpeg2 (TSSA-2025:0700)	Nessus	Tencent Local Security Checks	medium
253586	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-50952	Nessus	Misc.	medium

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