CVE-2026-25503

Memory Safety in Color Iccdev ≤ 2.3.1.2

Public PoCMemory Safety

Published

03 February 2026

Modified

10 February 2026

Patch / advisory

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CVSS Score v3.1 7.1

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Raw vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

EPSS Score 0.0025 17th percentile

Risk Priority 53 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-25503 is a high-severity Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast (CWE-704) vulnerability in Color Iccdev. Its CVSS base score is 7.1 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked at the 17th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SA-11 (Developer Testing and Evaluation) and SA-15 (Development Process, Standards, and Tools) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary

Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.

CVE-2026-25503 is a type confusion vulnerability (CWE-704, CWE-843) in iccDEV, a set of libraries and tools for interacting with, manipulating, and applying ICC color management profiles. Versions prior to 2.3.1.2 are affected, where loading malformed ICC profiles containing invalid icImageEncodingType values triggers undefined behavior, resulting in denial of service.

The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.1 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H). Remote, unauthenticated attackers can exploit it by convincing users to load a specially crafted ICC profile, achieving high availability impact through denial of service and low integrity impact via the resulting undefined behavior.

The flaw was patched in iccDEV version 2.3.1.2. Security practitioners should update to this version for mitigation. Key resources include the GitHub security advisory (GHSA-pf84-4c7q-x764), the patching commit (353e6517a31cb6ac9fdd44ac0103bc2fadb25175), related issue #539, and pull request #547.

EU & UK References

🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-5192

Vulnerability Data

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, type confusion allowed malformed ICC profiles to trigger undefined behavior when loading invalid icImageEncodingType values…

causing denial of service. This issue has been patched in version 2.3.1.2.

CWE(s): CWE-704 CWE-843

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation

Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.

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T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access

Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.

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T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution Execution

Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in client applications to execute code.

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T1210 Exploitation of Remote Services Lateral Movement

Adversaries may exploit remote services to gain unauthorized access to internal systems once inside of a network.

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T1212 Exploitation for Credential Access Credential Access

Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to collect credentials.

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T1687 Exploitation for Defense Impairment Defense Impairment

Adversaries may exploit vulnerabilities in security software, infrastructure, or defensive components to degrade, disable, or otherwise continue to impair their ability to prevent, detect, or respond to malicious activity.

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Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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Affected Assets

color

iccdev

≤ 2.3.1.2

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent

Stop it (NIST 800-53)

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Detect

Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

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Harden

Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

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Validate

Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)

V1.5.2
V3.2.3
V15.3.5

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SA-11 Developer Testing and Evaluation good match

Developer testing and evaluation (static analysis, fuzzing, unit tests) directly finds incorrect type conversions or casts.

SA-15 Development Process, Standards, and Tools partial match

Requiring documented development standards and tools can mandate safe typing, casting rules, and compiler checks that stop the weakness from being introduced.

SA-8 Security and Privacy Engineering Principles partial match

Security engineering principles can require type-safe design and casting practices that structurally avoid incorrect conversions.

SI-16 Memory Protection partial match

Memory-protection controls limit the blast radius when a type-confusion access occurs but do not stop the flaw itself.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match

prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly prevent type-conversion flaws via coding standards, reviews, and testing.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.8.29 Security testing in development and acceptance mostly match

finds

Security testing can uncover type-conversion defects before release.

A.8.25 Secure development life cycle partial match

prevents

Secure development lifecycle includes type-safety reviews that reduce incorrect casts.

A.8.26 Application security requirements partial match

prevents

Application security requirements can mandate strong typing and safe casting rules.

A.8.27 Secure system architecture and engineering principles partial match

degrades

Secure architecture principles discourage unsafe type conversions in design.