NULL pointer dereference in OpenJPEG - CVE-2025-50952
Published: August 21, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU114343
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-50952
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: openjpeg.org
Affected software:
OpenJPEG
OpenJPEG
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in openjp2/dwt.c. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted image to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-50952
Install update from vendor's website.