CVE-2026-21677: InternationalColorConsortium iccDEV · Reliance on Undefined, Unspecified, or Implementation-Defined Behavior
Affects InternationalColorConsortium iccDEVSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.8 High : upgrade to 2.3.1.1 soon.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 17:16 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 30% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
- Patch
- Available – fixed in 2.3.1.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 6 Jan 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.
What to do
Upgrade iccDEV and internationalcolorconsortium/iccDEV to 2.3.1.1.
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| InternationalColorConsortiumiccDEV | Affected
| Fixed in
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GitHubinternationalcolorconsortium/iccDEVpkg:github/internationalcolorconsortium/iccDEVOther threats | Affected
| Fixed in
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AI-suggested
- Immediately upgrade iccDEV to version 2.3.1.1 or later to apply the official fix.
- Implement strict validation and sanitization of all ICC profiles before processing, rejecting malformed or suspicious profiles.
- Restrict the use of ICC profiles from untrusted or unauthenticated sources, especially in automated workflows.
- Employ application-level sandboxing or isolation for processes handling ICC profiles to contain potential exploitation.
- Monitor logs and network traffic for unusual activity related to ICC profile processing.
- Educate users and administrators about the risks of opening or importing ICC profiles from unknown origins.
- Coordinate with software vendors and partners to ensure all components using iccDEV are updated.
- Consider deploying runtime protections such as memory corruption mitigations (ASLR, DEP) on affected systems.
- Regularly audit and inventory software dependencies to identify and remediate vulnerable versions promptly.
Description
iccDEV provides a set of libraries and tools for working with ICC color management profiles. Versions 2.3.1 and below have Undefined Behavior in its CIccCLUT::Init function which initializes and sets the size of a CLUT. This issue is fixed in version 2.3.1.1.
References
- github.com/InternationalColorConsortium/iccDEV/security/advisories/GHSA-95w5-jvqf-3994 (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/InternationalColorConsortium/iccDEV/issues/181 (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/InternationalColorConsortium/iccDEV/commit/201125fbda22c8e4ea95800a6b427093fa4b8a22 (opens in a new tab)