Red Hat Security Advisory: openjpeg2 security update
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.
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Technical Summary
CVE-2025-54874 is an out-of-bounds heap memory write vulnerability in the openjpeg2 library, an open source JPEG2000 image codec. This vulnerability could potentially lead to memory corruption. Red Hat has released a security advisory (RHSA-2025:13944) providing updated openjpeg2 packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and its variants to fix this issue. The advisory covers multiple architectures including x86_64, s390x, ppc64le, and aarch64. The fix is included in openjpeg2 version 2.5.2-4.el10_0.1 and later. No CVSS score is provided in the advisory, but the issue is rated as important (high severity). No known exploits in the wild have been reported at this time.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows an out-of-bounds heap memory write which can cause memory corruption. This could potentially be exploited to crash applications using the openjpeg2 library or lead to further security issues depending on the context of use. The advisory does not specify exploitation details or confirmed active exploitation. The impact is rated as high severity by Red Hat Product Security.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated openjpeg2 packages that fix this vulnerability. Users should apply the security update as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:13944. The update is available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and related variants across multiple architectures. Refer to https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 for detailed update instructions. Since this is an official fix, applying the update fully mitigates the vulnerability.
Red Hat Security Advisory: openjpeg2 security update
Description
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.
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Technical Analysis
CVE-2025-54874 is an out-of-bounds heap memory write vulnerability in the openjpeg2 library, an open source JPEG2000 image codec. This vulnerability could potentially lead to memory corruption. Red Hat has released a security advisory (RHSA-2025:13944) providing updated openjpeg2 packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and its variants to fix this issue. The advisory covers multiple architectures including x86_64, s390x, ppc64le, and aarch64. The fix is included in openjpeg2 version 2.5.2-4.el10_0.1 and later. No CVSS score is provided in the advisory, but the issue is rated as important (high severity). No known exploits in the wild have been reported at this time.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows an out-of-bounds heap memory write which can cause memory corruption. This could potentially be exploited to crash applications using the openjpeg2 library or lead to further security issues depending on the context of use. The advisory does not specify exploitation details or confirmed active exploitation. The impact is rated as high severity by Red Hat Product Security.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated openjpeg2 packages that fix this vulnerability. Users should apply the security update as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:13944. The update is available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and related variants across multiple architectures. Refer to https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 for detailed update instructions. Since this is an official fix, applying the update fully mitigates the vulnerability.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2025:13944
- Cve Count
- 1
Threat ID: 6a3da1e54853345fc182dd92
Added to database: 06/25/2026, 21:47:17 UTC
Last enriched: 06/25/2026, 22:33:37 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:51 UTC
Views: 16
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