Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-25634

Memory Safety in Color Iccdev ≤ 2.3.1.4

Public PoCMemory Safety
Published
06 February 2026
Modified
19 February 2026
Patch / advisory
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.8
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0019 9th percentile
Risk Priority 55 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-25634 is a high-severity Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer (CWE-119) vulnerability in Color Iccdev. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked at the 9th 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 SI-16 (Memory Protection) — 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-2026-25634 affects the iccDEV library, a set of libraries and tools for interacting with, manipulating, and applying ICC color management profiles. In versions prior to 2.3.1.4, the SrcPixel and DestPixel stack buffers overlap in the CIccTagMultiProcessElement::Apply() function in IccTagMPE.cpp. This issue is associated with CWEs including CWE-119 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer), CWE-123 (Write-what-where Condition), CWE-628 (Function Call with Incorrectly Specified Arguments), CWE-682 (Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size), and CWE-787 (Out-of-bounds Write).

The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H). An unprivileged local attacker can exploit it with low complexity by tricking a user into processing a specially crafted ICC profile, potentially achieving high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts such as arbitrary code execution through buffer manipulation.

Mitigation is available in iccDEV version 2.3.1.4, which includes the fixing commit at https://github.com/InternationalColorConsortium/iccDEV/commit/9206e0b8684e4cf4186d9ae768f16760bc1af9ff. Additional details are provided in the GitHub security advisory at https://github.com/InternationalColorConsortium/iccDEV/security/advisories/GHSA-35rg-jcmp-583h, issue #577 at https://github.com/InternationalColorConsortium/iccDEV/issues/577, pull request #579 at https://github.com/InternationalColorConsortium/iccDEV/pull/579, and release notes at https://github.com/InternationalColorConsortium/iccDEV/releases/tag/v2.3.1.4. Security practitioners should prioritize updating affected iccDEV instances to 2.3.1.4 or later.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A06:2025 Insecure Design

EU & UK References

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 2.3.1.4, SrcPixel and DestPixel stack buffers overlap in CIccTagMultiProcessElement::Apply() int IccTagMPE.cpp. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.3.1.4.

CWE(s)
CWE-119CWE-123CWE-628CWE-682CWE-787

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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T1211 Exploitation for Stealth Stealth
Adversaries may exploit vulnerabilities to evade detection by hiding activity, suppressing logging, or operating within trusted or unmonitored components.
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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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Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

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CVE-2026-21503Same product: Color Iccdev
CVE-2023-46602Same vendor: Color
CVE-2023-47249Same vendor: Color
CVE-2023-46866Same vendor: Color
CVE-2023-38084Shared CWE-119, CWE-787
CVE-2025-9732Shared CWE-119, CWE-787

Affected Assets

color
iccdev
≤ 2.3.1.4

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)
  • 4 hardening rules · 4 OS baselines
Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V17.3.2
  • V15.2.2

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SA-11 Developer Testing and Evaluation good match

Developer testing and evaluation directly finds incorrect function calls via static analysis, unit testing, and code review.

SI-16 Memory Protection good match

Memory-protection mechanisms block unauthorized writes to arbitrary locations even if a write-what-where primitive exists.

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

Requiring documented development processes, standards, and tools (e.g., compilers, linters) structurally reduces the chance of incorrect argument specification.

SA-8 Security and Privacy Engineering Principles partial match

Secure engineering principles require memory-safe design and coding that structurally avoids buffer-boundary violations.

SC-39 Process Isolation partial match

Process isolation confines the blast radius of an arbitrary write so it cannot affect other domains.

SI-10 Information Input Validation partial match

Input validation directly enforces bounds checking that stops out-of-bounds reads/writes from being introduced or reached.

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 (bounds checking, safe APIs, reviews) directly prevent this class of flaw.

ID.RA-01 partial match
prevents

Vulnerability scanning and code analysis directly surface buffer-boundary flaws.

ID.RA-08 partial match
prevents

Receiving and triaging vulnerability disclosures commonly includes buffer-related reports.

PR.AT-02 partial match
prevents

Developer training on secure coding reduces introduction of memory-buffer errors.

PR.PS-02 partial match
prevents

Patching replaces vulnerable code containing buffer-boundary defects.

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 in development catches out-of-bounds accesses before release, covering most instances of the weakness.

A.8.25 Secure development life cycle partial match
prevents

Secure development lifecycle mandates memory-safety practices that directly prevent buffer-boundary violations.

A.8.26 Application security requirements partial match
prevents

Application security requirements can specify memory-safety rules, but do not prescribe implementation details.

A.8.27 Secure system architecture and engineering principles partial match
prevents

Secure architecture and engineering principles include memory-safe design patterns that mitigate buffer overflows.

A.8.28 Secure coding partial match
prevents

Secure coding standards explicitly forbid unsafe buffer operations, directly eliminating CWE-119.

A.8.32 Change management partial match
prevents

Change management processes help ensure security fixes for such weaknesses are properly deployed.

Hardening callouts derived

Configuration rules from DISA STIG baselines that bear on weaknesses of the type cited by this CVE. Each rule is shown with the relationship its mapping actually records, against the CWE it was authored against. Derived via CVE→CWE over `controls_xwalks` (authoritative rows only; rows rated `none` are excluded).

Oracle Linux 8 (1 rule)
  • V-248592 OL 8 must clear memory when it is freed to prevent use-after-free attacks. prevents CWE-123
RHEL 8 (1 rule)
  • V-230279 RHEL 8 must clear memory when it is freed to prevent use-after-free attacks. prevents CWE-123
Windows 10 (1 rule)
  • V-220727 Structured Exception Handling Overwrite Protection (SEHOP) must be enabled. prevents CWE-123
Windows 11 (1 rule)
  • V-253284 Structured Exception Handling Overwrite Protection (SEHOP) must be enabled. prevents CWE-123

References