Vulnerability · Published Jan 6, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2026-21486Use After Free and Heap-based Buffer Overflow and Integer Overflow or Wraparound and Out-of-bounds Write in iccDEV

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity heap buffer overflow in iccDEV from InternationalColorConsortium. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 5% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 94.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

iccDEV provides a set of libraries and tools for working with ICC color management profiles. Versions 2.3.1.1 and below contain Use After Free, Heap-based Buffer Overflow and Integer Overflow or Wraparound and Out-of-bounds Write vulnerabilities in its CIccSparseMatrix::CIccSparseMatrix function. This issue is fixed in version 2.3.1.2.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
InternationalColorConsortium iccDEV < 2.3.1.2

Weakness: CWE-122, CWE-190, CWE-416, CWE-787 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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