Use of Uninitialized Variable Affecting openjpeg package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.01% (2nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-OPENJPEG-11509821
  • published8 Aug 2025
  • disclosed5 Aug 2025
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 5 Aug 2025

NewCVE-2025-54874  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-457  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use of Uninitialized Variable due to the absent check of p_image value before calling opj_j2k_read_header() function. An attacker can achieve arbitrary code execution or cause a denial of service by supplying a specially crafted image file.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1