CVE-2025-54874

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.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/commit/f809b80c67717c152a5ad30bf06774f00da4fd2d	Patch
https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/pull/1573	Third Party Advisory
https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2025-057_OpenCV	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:uclouvain:openjpeg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2025-08-05 15:15

Updated : 2025-09-26 22:15

NVD link : CVE-2025-54874

Mitre link : CVE-2025-54874

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-54874

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Products Affected

uclouvain

openjpeg

CWE

CWE-457

Use of Uninitialized Variable

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