#VU114343 NULL pointer dereference in OpenJPEG - CVE-2025-50952

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#VU114343 NULL pointer dereference in OpenJPEG - CVE-2025-50952

Published: August 21, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU114343
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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
Vulnerable software:
OpenJPEG
Software vendor:
openjpeg.org

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.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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