Red Hat Security Advisory: openjpeg2 security update
Two heap buffer overflow vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-56826 and CVE-2024-56827) were identified in the open source OpenJPEG library used for JPEG2000 image processing. These vulnerabilities affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 versions prior to 9.8.0. Red Hat has released a security update to address these issues. The vulnerabilities have been rated with moderate severity by Red Hat Product Security. No CVSS score is provided in the advisory. The update is available and should be applied to affected systems to mitigate the risk.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
OpenJPEG, an open source library for reading and writing JPEG2000 images, contains two heap buffer overflow vulnerabilities: one in bin/common/color.c (CVE-2024-56826) and another in lib/openjp2/j2k.c (CVE-2024-56827). These vulnerabilities could potentially lead to memory corruption. Red Hat has issued a security advisory (RHSA-2025:7309) providing patches for affected versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, specifically versions >=9.0.0 and <9.8.0 across multiple architectures including x86_64, s390x, ppc64le, and aarch64. The vulnerabilities are rated as moderate severity by Red Hat, with no known exploits in the wild at the time of the advisory.
Potential Impact
The heap buffer overflow vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to cause memory corruption when processing specially crafted JPEG2000 images using the OpenJPEG library. This may lead to application crashes or potentially other undefined behavior depending on the context in which the library is used. Red Hat rates the security impact as moderate. There are no reports of active exploitation in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released an official security update that patches these vulnerabilities. Users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 versions prior to 9.8.0 should apply the openjpeg2 update as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:7309. Detailed update instructions are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are required beyond applying the official patch.
Red Hat Security Advisory: openjpeg2 security update
Description
Two heap buffer overflow vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-56826 and CVE-2024-56827) were identified in the open source OpenJPEG library used for JPEG2000 image processing. These vulnerabilities affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 versions prior to 9.8.0. Red Hat has released a security update to address these issues. The vulnerabilities have been rated with moderate severity by Red Hat Product Security. No CVSS score is provided in the advisory. The update is available and should be applied to affected systems to mitigate the risk.
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Technical Analysis
OpenJPEG, an open source library for reading and writing JPEG2000 images, contains two heap buffer overflow vulnerabilities: one in bin/common/color.c (CVE-2024-56826) and another in lib/openjp2/j2k.c (CVE-2024-56827). These vulnerabilities could potentially lead to memory corruption. Red Hat has issued a security advisory (RHSA-2025:7309) providing patches for affected versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, specifically versions >=9.0.0 and <9.8.0 across multiple architectures including x86_64, s390x, ppc64le, and aarch64. The vulnerabilities are rated as moderate severity by Red Hat, with no known exploits in the wild at the time of the advisory.
Potential Impact
The heap buffer overflow vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to cause memory corruption when processing specially crafted JPEG2000 images using the OpenJPEG library. This may lead to application crashes or potentially other undefined behavior depending on the context in which the library is used. Red Hat rates the security impact as moderate. There are no reports of active exploitation in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released an official security update that patches these vulnerabilities. Users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 versions prior to 9.8.0 should apply the openjpeg2 update as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:7309. Detailed update instructions are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are required beyond applying the official patch.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2025:7309
- Cve Count
- 2
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2024-56827"]
Threat ID: 6a3da1d34853345fc182620d
Added to database: 06/25/2026, 21:46:59 UTC
Last enriched: 08/06/2026, 23:53:46 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:49 UTC
Views: 15
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