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.

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 is an open-source JPEG 2000 codec. In OpenJPEG 2.5.3 and earlier, 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. (CVE-2025-54874)

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

The remote Oracle Linux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2025-13944 advisory.

    [2.5.2-4.1]
    - fix OpenJPEG OOB heap memory write (CVE-2025-54874)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle 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 Redhat Enterprise Linux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2025:13944 advisory.

    OpenJPEG is an open source library for reading and writing image files in JPEG2000 format.

    Security Fix(es):

    * openjpeg: OpenJPEG OOB heap memory write (CVE-2025-54874)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise 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 Fedora 41 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-4588dcd9ee advisory.

    Backport fix for CVE-2025-54874.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora 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 remote Fedora 42 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-8355fbd790 advisory.

    Backport fix for CVE-2025-54874.

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

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
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
253069	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-54874	Nessus	Misc.	high
252242	Oracle Linux 10 : openjpeg2 (ELSA-2025-13944)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
251025	RHEL 10 : openjpeg2 (RHSA-2025:13944)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
249264	Fedora 41 : openjpeg (2025-4588dcd9ee)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
248479	Fedora 42 : openjpeg (2025-8355fbd790)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high

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