Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2026-22861 is a high-severity memory corruption issue in iccDEV before 2.3.1.2. An attacker could supply a malicious ICC color profile that triggers a heap buffer overflow when processed. Business urgency depends on whether your products, services, or workflows parse untrusted ICC profiles.
Executive priority
Treat as a priority patch for teams handling image, print, color-management, or file-upload workflows. The issue is high impact, but urgency should be driven by confirmed iccDEV use and whether untrusted ICC profiles are processed.
Technical view
The flaw is a heap-based buffer overflow in SIccCalcOp::Describe() in IccProfLib/IccMpeCalc.cpp. It affects International Color Consortium iccDEV versions before 2.3.1.2. The CVSS 3.1 score is 8.8 with network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges, and required user interaction.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most likely in software that embeds or depends on iccDEV and processes ICC color profiles from users, partners, files, images, print workflows, or automated ingestion pipelines. Statically linked copies may be missed by standard package scanning.
Exploitation context
The CVE data does not indicate active exploitation, and it is not listed as KEV. Exploitation requires a crafted ICC profile to be processed by affected software. Successful exploitation could affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability according to the CVSS rating.
Researcher notes
Primary evidence comes from the GitHub advisory, CVE record, related pull requests, and fixing commit. CWE mappings include classic buffer handling and length-check weaknesses. The public bundle names the fixed version but does not provide evidence of exploitation in the wild.
Mitigation direction
- Upgrade iccDEV to version 2.3.1.2 or later.
- Identify products and internal tools that process ICC profiles using iccDEV.
- Check vendor guidance for applications bundling iccDEV.
- Restrict processing of untrusted ICC profiles where upgrade is delayed.
- Prioritize internet-facing or user-upload processing paths.
Validation and detection
- Confirm the deployed iccDEV version is 2.3.1.2 or later.
- Review software bills of materials for iccDEV dependencies.
- Check for statically linked or vendored iccDEV copies.
- Verify ICC profile ingestion paths are known and controlled.
- Confirm vendor-supplied updates have been applied where applicable.
Public sources used
Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.
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- High
- CVSS
- 8.8 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H2.85.9Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
8.8HighVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://github.com/InternationalColorConsortium/iccDEV/security/advisories/GHSA-vr49-3vf8-7j5hCVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/InternationalColorConsortium/iccDEV/pull/475CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/InternationalColorConsortium/iccDEV/pull/476CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/InternationalColorConsortium/iccDEV/commit/fa9a364c01fc2e59eb2291e1f9b1c1359b7d5329CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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CWE details
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Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.
Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency
Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.
Unchecked Return Value
Unchecked Return Value represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.