Is this vulnerability remotely exploitable?

It can be, depending on how ICC profiles are consumed. If an application automatically processes profiles embedded in remotely supplied content (such as images, documents, or print jobs), an attacker may be able to trigger the vulnerability by sending or hosting a crafted file that the application loads.

What level of access does an attacker need to exploit this issue?

The attacker needs the ability to provide an ICC profile that will be parsed by the iccDEV-based component. This could mean uploading a file, opening an attacker-controlled image, importing a custom color profile, or otherwise influencing which profile the application processes.

What is the safest general fix pattern for developers?

The safest pattern is to implement comprehensive bounds and consistency checks for all header and tag table fields before using them, rely on checked integer arithmetic to detect overflow, and abort parsing with a hard failure whenever an inconsistency is found. Additionally, centralizing these checks in well-reviewed validation functions reduces the chance of bypasses.

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(7.1)

Integer Overflow in ICC Profile Header Validation (CWE-190) in iccDEV CIccProfile::CheckHeader

CVE-2026-24403

Published:

Jan 23, 2026

Status:

Analyzed

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

NDV

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CWE-77;CWE-78

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(7.3)

OS Command Injection (CWE-78) in Totolink A7100RU setGameSpeedCfg CGI Handler

Remote Code Execution on the Router

April 6, 2026

CWE-77;CWE-78

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(7.3)

OS Command Injection (CWE-78) in Totolink A7100RU setFirewallType Handler

Remote Code Execution on Router Firmware

April 6, 2026

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Integer Overflow / Improper Input Validation

CWE:

CWE-20;CWE-190

Impact:

Memory Corruption and Potential Remote Code Execution

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(7.1)

CVSS Version:

3.1

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Integer Overflow / Improper Input Validation

CWE:

CWE-20;CWE-190

Impact:

Memory Corruption and Potential Remote Code Execution

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(7.1)

CVSS Version:

3.1

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Integer Overflow in ICC Profile Header Validation (CWE-190) in iccDEV CIccProfile::CheckHeader

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

Recent Vulnerabilities

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(7.3)

OS Command Injection (CWE-78) in Totolink A7100RU setGameSpeedCfg CGI Handler

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(7.3)

OS Command Injection (CWE-78) in Totolink A7100RU setFirewallType Handler

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