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openSUSE 16 Security Update : openjpeg2 (openSUSE-SU-2026:20842-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 318190

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote openSUSE 16 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE- SU-2026:20842-1 advisory.

 This update for openjpeg2 fixes the following issue

 - CVE-2025-54874: openjpeg: missing error check can lead to the use of an uninitialized pointer and cause an out-of- bounds heap memory write (bsc#1247650).

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

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

Solution

Update the affected libopenjp2-7, libopenjp2-7-x86-64-v3, openjpeg2 and / or openjpeg2-devel packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1247650

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-54874

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 318190

File Name: openSUSE-2026-20842-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/2/2026

Updated: 6/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-54874

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Threat Score: 6.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: 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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:16.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openjpeg2-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libopenjp2-7-x86-64-v3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libopenjp2-7, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:openjpeg2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/29/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/5/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-54874