diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/openjpeg/2.x.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/openjpeg/2.x.nix
index d18c971dc112..77d9e5829a1a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/openjpeg/2.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/openjpeg/2.x.nix
@@ -5,4 +5,12 @@ callPackage ./generic.nix (args // rec {
   branch = "2.3";
   revision = "v${version}";
   sha256 = "08plxrnfl33sn2vh5nwbsngyv6b1sfpplvx881crm1v1ai10m2lz";
+
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "CVE-2018-7648.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/commit/cc3824767bde397fedb8a1ae4786a222ba860c8d.patch";
+      sha256 = "1j5nxmlgyfkxldk2f1ij6h850xw45q3b5brxqa04dxsfsv8cdj5j";
+    })
+  ];
 })