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Plain-English summary
CVE-2026-24409 affects iccDEV, a toolkit for ICC color profile handling. Versions 2.3.1.1 and earlier can mishandle user-controlled profile or structured binary data, causing crashes and potentially data or logic manipulation. The vendor reports a fix in 2.3.1.2. No cited source indicates active exploitation.
Executive priority
Prioritize remediation for systems that process externally supplied images, color profiles, documents, or profile conversion inputs. Business risk is mainly service disruption, with vendor-stated potential for integrity impact and code execution. Treat as high priority where untrusted content reaches iccDEV.
Technical view
The flaw is undefined behavior and null pointer dereference in CIccTagXmlFloatNum<>::ParseXml(). It is associated with CWE-20, CWE-476, CWE-690, and CWE-758. CVSS 3.1 is 7.1, with network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges, and required user interaction. Reported impacts include availability loss, limited integrity impact, and possible code execution.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most likely where iccDEV 2.3.1.1 or earlier processes untrusted ICC profiles, XML-derived profile data, or structured binary blobs. Products embedding iccDEV may also be exposed, but the provided sources only name InternationalColorConsortium iccDEV.
Exploitation context
An attacker would need to influence input processed by the vulnerable parser, and the CVSS vector indicates user interaction is required. The available sources do not provide evidence of public exploitation or CISA KEV listing.
Researcher notes
The public description identifies the vulnerable function and fixed version, but detailed exploitability evidence is limited in the provided bundle. Avoid assuming downstream affected products unless dependency analysis confirms embedded iccDEV. Active exploitation is not supported by the cited sources.
Mitigation direction
- Upgrade iccDEV to version 2.3.1.2 or later.
- Identify applications or services that bundle or statically link iccDEV.
- Limit processing of untrusted ICC/profile-related files until upgraded.
- Review vendor advisory and commit for implementation details.
Validation and detection
- Inventory iccDEV versions in source, packages, containers, and bundled dependencies.
- Confirm affected deployments are not running version 2.3.1.1 or earlier.
- Map workflows that accept user-supplied ICC profiles or related binary blobs.
- Verify remediation by confirming deployment of version 2.3.1.2 or later.
Public sources used
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- High
- CVSS
- 7.1 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/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:N/I:L/A:H2.84.2Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
7.1HighVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://github.com/InternationalColorConsortium/iccDEV/security/advisories/GHSA-398v-jvcg-p8f3CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/InternationalColorConsortium/iccDEV/issues/484CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/InternationalColorConsortium/iccDEV/commit/9f134c44895edd2edca4bcb97e15c0ba9aa77382CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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