CVE-2025-54874 — CRITICAL (9.8)

Q: How severe is CVE-2025-54874?

CVE-2025-54874 has been rated CRITICAL with a CVSS base score of 9.8/10. This is considered a critical vulnerability requiring immediate attention.

Q: Is there a patch for CVE-2025-54874?

Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Uclouvain Openjpeg.

Vulnerability Description

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 Score

9.8

CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality

HIGH

Integrity

HIGH

Availability

HIGH

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Uclouvain	Openjpeg	<= 2.5.3

Related Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-457

References

https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/commit/f809b80c67717c152a5ad30bf06774f00daPatch
https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/pull/1573Third Party Advisory
https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2025-057_OpenCVExploitThird Party Advisory

FAQ

What is CVE-2025-54874?

CVE-2025-54874 is a vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL). 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...

How severe is CVE-2025-54874?

CVE-2025-54874 has been rated CRITICAL with a CVSS base score of 9.8/10. This is considered a critical vulnerability requiring immediate attention.

Is there a patch for CVE-2025-54874?

Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Uclouvain Openjpeg.