InternationalColorConsortium iccDEV 2.3.1.1 ICC Color Profile strlen heap-based overflow

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A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in InternationalColorConsortium iccDEV. The impacted element is the function strlen of the component ICC Color Profile Handler. The manipulation results in heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2026-24852. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in InternationalColorConsortium iccDEV. Affected is the function strlen of the component ICC Color Profile Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

iccDEV provides a set of libraries and tools that allow for the interaction, manipulation, and application of ICC color management profiles. Prior to version 2.3.1.2, a heap buffer over-read when the strlen() function attempts to read a non-null-terminated buffer potentially leaking heap memory contents and causing application termination. This vulnerability affects users of the iccDEV library who process ICC color profiles. ICC Profile Injection vulnerabilities arise when user-controllable input is incorporated into ICC profile data or other structured binary blobs in an unsafe manner. Version 2.3.1.2 contains a fix for the issue. No known workarounds are available.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-24852 since 01/27/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

Upgrading to version 2.3.1.2 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 3092499cd4d0775f4a716b999899f9c26f9bc614 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at CNNVD (CNNVD-202601-4835). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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• InternationalColorConsortium

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• iccDEV

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• 2.3.1.1

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• open-source

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• Product: https://github.com/InternationalColorConsortium/iccDEV/

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