NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting openjpeg2 package, versions <2.3.0-150000.3.21.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.96% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES157-OPENJPEG2-13099454
  • published27 Sept 2025
  • disclosed25 Sept 2025

Introduced: 25 Sep 2025

CVE-2018-18088  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.7 openjpeg2 to version 2.3.0-150000.3.21.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openjpeg2 package and not the openjpeg2 package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.7 relevant fixed versions and status.

OpenJPEG 2.3.0 has a NULL pointer dereference for "red" in the imagetopnm function of jp2/convert.c

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1