InternationalColorConsortium iccDEV up to 2.3.1.2 icFixXml stack-based overflow

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A vulnerability has been found in InternationalColorConsortium iccDEV up to 2.3.1.2 and classified as critical. This issue affects the function icFixXml. This manipulation causes stack-based overflow. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2026-25502. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability was found in InternationalColorConsortium iccDEV up to 2.3.1.2. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function icFixXml. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a stack-based overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-121. A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function). As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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, stack-based buffer overflow in icFixXml() function when processing malformed ICC profiles, allows potential arbitrary code execution through crafted NamedColor2 tags. This issue has been patched in version 2.3.1.2.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-25502 since 02/02/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

Upgrading to version 2.3.1.2 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch be5d7ec5cc137c084c08006aee8cd3ed378c7ac2 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.

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• InternationalColorConsortium

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• iccDEV

Version

• 2.3.1.0
• 2.3.1.1
• 2.3.1.2

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• open-source

Website

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

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