Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:HSummary
CVE-2026-27692 is a high-severity Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125) 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 6th 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-2026-27692 is a heap-buffer-overflow read vulnerability (CWE-125, CWE-170, CWE-787) in iccDEV, a set of libraries and tools for working with ICC color management profiles. It affects versions up to and including 2.3.1.4. The flaw occurs in the CIccTagTextDescription::Release() function, where strlen() reads past the bounds of a heap buffer during parsing of ICC profile XML text description tags, resulting in a crash.
According to its CVSS 3.1 score of 7.1 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H), the vulnerability can be exploited by a local attacker with low complexity and no privileges required, but it demands user interaction. An attacker could craft a malicious ICC profile and trick a user into processing it via an application using iccDEV, achieving high confidentiality impact through potential information disclosure and high availability impact via denial-of-service crashes.
Mitigation is provided by commit 29d088840b962a7cdd35993dfabc2cb35a049847 in the iccDEV repository, which addresses the issue. No known workarounds are available. Further details appear in the GitHub security advisory GHSA-3869-prw8-gjqr, issue #609, and pull request #610.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-8641
Vulnerability Data
iccDEV provides a set of libraries and tools for working with ICC color management profiles. In versions up to and including 2.3.1.4, heap-buffer-overflow read occurs during CIccTagTextDescription::Release() when strlen() reads past a heap buffer while parsing ICC profile XML text…
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description tags, causing a crash. Commit 29d088840b962a7cdd35993dfabc2cb35a049847 fixes the issue. No known workarounds are available.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Developer testing and evaluation directly finds out-of-bounds read flaws through static analysis, fuzzing, and dynamic bounds checks.
Requiring documented development standards and tools can enforce safe string-handling practices that produce correct null termination.
Secure engineering principles require bounds checking and memory-safe constructs that stop out-of-bounds reads from being introduced.
Process isolation confines the effects of an out-of-bounds read to the compromised process.
Input validation rejects malformed indices or lengths that would otherwise cause reads outside buffer bounds.
Memory-protection mechanisms limit the exploitability and blast radius of a successful out-of-bounds write.
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.
Secure-development practices such as bounds checking and memory-safe languages directly prevent out-of-bounds reads.
Vulnerability scanning and recording can discover instances of out-of-bounds reads after code is deployed.
Routine patching replaces vulnerable code containing out-of-bounds read flaws.
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.
Security testing in development and acceptance includes fuzzing and static analysis that detect out-of-bounds read defects before release.
Logging can record evidence of an out-of-bounds read but does not prevent the weakness itself.
Secure development life cycle mandates input validation and bounds checking that directly prevent out-of-bounds reads.
Application security requirements include explicit bounds and memory-safety specifications that mitigate buffer over-reads.
Secure system architecture and engineering principles require memory-safe design patterns and runtime protections against out-of-bounds access.
Secure coding standards explicitly forbid unsafe pointer arithmetic and mandate bounds-checked reads, eliminating CWE-125.