CVE-2026-27692

high

Description

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 description tags, causing a crash. Commit 29d088840b962a7cdd35993dfabc2cb35a049847 fixes the issue. No known workarounds are available.

References

https://github.com/InternationalColorConsortium/iccDEV/security/advisories/GHSA-3869-prw8-gjqr

https://github.com/InternationalColorConsortium/iccDEV/pull/610

https://github.com/InternationalColorConsortium/iccDEV/issues/609

https://github.com/InternationalColorConsortium/iccDEV/commit/29d088840b962a7cdd35993dfabc2cb35a049847

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-02-25

Updated: 2026-02-25

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.1

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

Severity: High