diff --git a/pkgs/applications/gis/saga/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/gis/saga/default.nix
index feb79f444b8..90e7af9944d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/gis/saga/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/gis/saga/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, gdal, wxGTK30, proj, libiodbc, lzma, jasper,
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, gdal, wxGTK30, proj, libiodbc, lzma,
   libharu, opencv, vigra, postgresql, Cocoa,
   unixODBC , poppler, hdf4, hdf5, netcdf, sqlite, qhull, giflib }:
 
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   # See https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/nix-devel/h_vSzEJAPXs
   # for why the have additional buildInputs on darwin
   buildInputs = [ gdal wxGTK30 proj libharu opencv vigra postgresql libiodbc lzma
-                  jasper qhull giflib ]
+                  qhull giflib ]
                 ++ stdenv.lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin
                   [ Cocoa unixODBC poppler hdf4.out hdf5 netcdf sqlite ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/digikam/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/digikam/default.nix
index 1fc15af7244..1d9b06de29f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/digikam/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/digikam/default.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 , exiv2
 , ffmpeg
 , flex
-, jasper
+, jasper ? null, withJpeg2k ? false  # disable JPEG2000 support, jasper has unfixed CVE
 , lcms2
 , lensfun
 , libgphoto2
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ mkDerivation rec {
     exiv2
     ffmpeg
     flex
-    jasper
     lcms2
     lensfun
     libgphoto2
@@ -103,7 +102,8 @@ mkDerivation rec {
     marble
     oxygen
     threadweaver
-  ];
+  ]
+  ++ lib.optionals withJpeg2k [ jasper ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/k2pdfopt/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/k2pdfopt/default.nix
index a2eba8e08c2..aedfff40d70 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/k2pdfopt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/k2pdfopt/default.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 , enableGSL ? true, gsl
 , enableGhostScript ? true, ghostscript
 , enableMuPDF ? true, mupdf
-, enableJPEG2K ? true, jasper
+, enableJPEG2K ? false, jasper ? null  # disabled by default, jasper has unfixed CVE
 , enableDJVU ? true, djvulibre
 , enableGOCR ? false, gocr # Disabled by default due to crashes
 , enableTesseract ? true, leptonica, tesseract4
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/default.nix
index 8edc99c5f02..0302dd24646 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/default.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 , libXinerama, libXrandr
 , libXtst, libXfixes, systemd
 , alsaLib, libGLU, libGL, glew, fontconfig, freetype, ftgl
-, libjpeg, jasper, libpng, libtiff
+, libjpeg, libpng, libtiff
 , libmpeg2, libsamplerate, libmad
 , libogg, libvorbis, flac, libxslt
 , lzo, libcdio, libmodplug, libass, libbluray
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
       libX11 xorgproto libXt libXmu libXext
       libXinerama libXrandr libXtst libXfixes
       alsaLib libGL libGLU glew fontconfig freetype ftgl
-      libjpeg jasper libpng libtiff
+      libjpeg libpng libtiff
       libmpeg2 libsamplerate libmad
       libogg libvorbis flac libxslt systemd
       lzo libcdio libmodplug libass libbluray
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gdk-pixbuf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gdk-pixbuf/default.nix
index f4c554395d4..9c2da3c5b69 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gdk-pixbuf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gdk-pixbuf/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, nixosTests, fixDarwinDylibNames, meson, ninja, pkgconfig, gettext, python3, libxml2, libxslt, docbook_xsl
 , docbook_xml_dtd_43, gtk-doc, glib, libtiff, libjpeg, libpng, libX11, gnome3
-, jasper, gobject-introspection, doCheck ? false, makeWrapper }:
+, gobject-introspection, doCheck ? false, makeWrapper }:
 
 let
   pname = "gdk-pixbuf";
@@ -31,11 +31,10 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ]
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin fixDarwinDylibNames;
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ glib libtiff libjpeg libpng jasper ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ glib libtiff libjpeg libpng ];
 
   mesonFlags = [
     "-Ddocs=true"
-    "-Djasper=true"
     "-Dx11=true"
     "-Dgir=${if gobject-introspection != null then "true" else "false"}"
     "-Dgio_sniffing=false"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/grib-api/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/grib-api/default.nix
index 38243ce5a6d..0c9e4bf3156 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/grib-api/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/grib-api/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-{ fetchurl, stdenv,
-  cmake, netcdf, gfortran, jasper, libpng,
+{ fetchurl, fetchpatch, stdenv,
+  cmake, netcdf, gfortran, libpng, openjpeg,
   enablePython ? false, pythonPackages }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec{
@@ -11,6 +11,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec{
     sha256 = "0qbj12ap7yy2rl1pq629chnss2jl73wxdj1lwzv0xp87r6z5qdfl";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://salsa.debian.org/science-team/grib-api/raw/debian/1.28.0-2/debian/patches/openjpeg2.patch";
+      sha256 = "05faxh51vlidiazxq1ssd3k4cjivk1adyn30k94mxqa1xnb2r2pc";
+    })
+  ];
+
   preConfigure = ''
     # Fix "no member named 'inmem_' in 'jas_image_t'"
     substituteInPlace "src/grib_jasper_encoding.c" --replace "image.inmem_    = 1;" ""
@@ -19,8 +26,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec{
   buildInputs = [ cmake
                   netcdf
                   gfortran
-                  jasper
                   libpng
+                  openjpeg
                 ] ++ stdenv.lib.optionals enablePython [
                   pythonPackages.python
                 ];
@@ -32,6 +39,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec{
   cmakeFlags = [ "-DENABLE_PYTHON=${if enablePython then "ON" else "OFF"}"
                  "-DENABLE_PNG=ON"
                  "-DENABLE_FORTRAN=ON"
+                 "-DOPENJPEG_INCLUDE_DIR=${openjpeg.dev}/include/${openjpeg.incDir}"
                ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
@@ -52,13 +60,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec{
     homepage = https://software.ecmwf.int/wiki/display/GRIB/Home;
     license = licenses.asl20;
     platforms = with platforms; linux ++ darwin;
-    description = "ECMWF Library for the GRIB file format";
+    description = "ECMWF Library for the GRIB file format -- DEPRECATED";
     longDescription = ''
       The ECMWF GRIB API is an application program interface accessible from C,
       FORTRAN and Python programs developed for encoding and decoding WMO FM-92
       GRIB edition 1 and edition 2 messages.
+
+      Please note: GRIB-API support is being discontinued at the end of 2018.
+      After which there will be no further releases. Please upgrade to ecCodes
     '';
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ knedlsepp ];
   };
 }
-
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/jasper/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/jasper/default.nix
index 1bad3394b6a..093fd0c5f28 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/jasper/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/jasper/default.nix
@@ -42,5 +42,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     platforms = platforms.unix;
     license = licenses.jasper;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ pSub ];
+    knownVulnerabilities = [
+      "Numerous CVE unsolved upstream"
+      "See: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/57681#issuecomment-475857499"
+      "See: https://github.com/mdadams/jasper/issues/208"
+    ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libicns/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libicns/default.nix
index 298d6124505..27ec8b17c0d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libicns/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libicns/default.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,24 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, libpng, jasper }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, autoreconfHook, libpng, openjpeg }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "libicns-0.8.1";
+  pname = "libicns";
+  version = "0.8.1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://sourceforge/icns/${name}.tar.gz";
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/icns/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
     sha256 = "1hjm8lwap7bjyyxsyi94fh5817xzqhk4kb5y0b7mb6675xw10prk";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ libpng jasper ];
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://sources.debian.org/data/main/libi/libicns/0.8.1-3.1/debian/patches/support-libopenjp2.patch";
+      sha256 = "0ss298lyzvydxvaxsadi6kbbjpwykd86jw3za76brcsg2dpssgas";
+    })
+  ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
+  buildInputs = [ libpng openjpeg ];
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = [ "-I${openjpeg.dev}/include/${openjpeg.incDir}" ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Library for manipulation of the Mac OS icns resource format";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libraw/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libraw/default.nix
index 62fa8c1a675..00288e359df 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libraw/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libraw/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, lcms2, jasper, pkgconfig }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, lcms2, pkgconfig
+, jasper ? null, withJpeg2k ? false
+# disable JPEG2000 support by default as jasper has many CVE
+}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "libraw";
@@ -11,7 +14,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   outputs = [ "out" "lib" "dev" "doc" ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ jasper ];
+  buildInputs = stdenv.lib.optionals withJpeg2k [ jasper ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ lcms2 ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/opencv/3.x.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/opencv/3.x.nix
index 874f9535759..97df84637ef 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/opencv/3.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/opencv/3.x.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 , enableTIFF      ? true, libtiff
 , enableWebP      ? true, libwebp
 , enableEXR ?     !stdenv.isDarwin, openexr, ilmbase
-, enableJPEG2K    ? true, jasper
+, enableJPEG2K    ? false, jasper  # disable jasper by default (many CVE)
 , enableEigen     ? true, eigen
 , enableOpenblas  ? true, openblas
 , enableContrib   ? true
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/opencv/4.x.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/opencv/4.x.nix
index a5eb1029ad9..408368b89c4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/opencv/4.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/opencv/4.x.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 , enableTIFF      ? true, libtiff
 , enableWebP      ? true, libwebp
 , enableEXR ?     !stdenv.isDarwin, openexr, ilmbase
-, enableJPEG2K    ? true, jasper
+, enableJPEG2K    ? false, jasper  # disable jasper by default (many CVE)
 , enableEigen     ? true, eigen
 , enableOpenblas  ? true, openblas
 , enableContrib   ? true
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/opencv/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/opencv/default.nix
index b91a1489eb6..db8a5e5a41b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/opencv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/opencv/default.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 , enablePNG ? true, libpng
 , enableTIFF ? true, libtiff
 , enableEXR ? (!stdenv.isDarwin), openexr, ilmbase
-, enableJPEG2K ? true, jasper
+, enableJPEG2K ? false, jasper  # disable jasper by default (many CVE)
 , enableFfmpeg ? false, ffmpeg
 , enableGStreamer ? false, gst_all_1
 , enableEigen ? true, eigen
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/openscenegraph/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/openscenegraph/default.nix
index 9be5018dc29..b12ca67655b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/openscenegraph/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/openscenegraph/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   libX11, libXinerama, libXrandr, libGLU, libGL,
   glib, ilmbase, libxml2, pcre, zlib,
   jpegSupport ? true, libjpeg,
-  jasperSupport ? true, jasper,
+  jasperSupport ? false, jasper,  # disable jasper by default (many CVE)
   exrSupport ? false, openexr,
   gifSupport ? true, giflib,
   pngSupport ? true, libpng,
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/graphics/dcraw/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/graphics/dcraw/default.nix
index e4ceff36f92..11ff4b743dd 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/graphics/dcraw/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/graphics/dcraw/default.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "dcraw-9.28.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://www.cybercom.net/~dcoffin/dcraw/archive/${name}.tar.gz";
+    url = "https://www.dechifro.org/dcraw/archive/${name}.tar.gz";
     sha256 = "1fdl3xa1fbm71xzc3760rsjkvf0x5jdjrvdzyg2l9ka24vdc7418";
   };
 
@@ -23,10 +23,17 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    homepage = http://www.cybercom.net/~dcoffin/dcraw/;
+    homepage = https://www.dechifro.org/dcraw/;
     description = "Decoder for many camera raw picture formats";
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.free;
     platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix; # Once had cygwin problems
     maintainers = [ ];
+    knownVulnerabilities = [
+      "CVE-2018-19655"
+      "CVE-2018-19565"
+      "CVE-2018-19566"
+      "CVE-2018-19567"
+      "CVE-2018-19568"
+    ];
   };
 }