Is this vulnerability remotely exploitable?

It can be, if an application exposes ICC profile processing to remote users, for example by accepting uploaded images or documents that are automatically processed with iccDEV. In such cases, a remote attacker may trigger denial of service and, under specific conditions, attempt to leverage undefined behavior for code execution.

What level of access does an attacker need?

The attacker needs the ability to influence or supply ICC profile data or similar binary blobs that the application will pass to iccDEV. This might be through file uploads, content ingestion pipelines, or any mechanism that allows embedding custom color profiles into processed content.

What is the safest general fix pattern?

The safest approach is to strengthen input validation and defensive memory handling in the parsing code: rigorously validate ICC structures before use, check all allocations and lookups for failure, and avoid dereferencing pointers that have not been explicitly verified. In addition, isolating parsing logic in a sandboxed, low-privilege component can limit the blast radius of any residual issues.

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(7.1)

Null Pointer Dereference & Undefined Behavior (CWE-476) in iccDEV ICC XML Array Handling

CVE-2026-24404

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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Remote Code Execution on the Server Host

February 17, 2026

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Memory Safety / Undefined Behavior

CWE:

CWE-20;CWE-476;CWE-690;CWE-758

Impact:

Denial of Service and Potential Code Execution

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(7.1)

CVSS Version:

3.1

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Memory Safety / Undefined Behavior

CWE:

CWE-20;CWE-476;CWE-690;CWE-758

Impact:

Denial of Service and Potential Code Execution

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(7.1)

CVSS Version:

3.1

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Null Pointer Dereference & Undefined Behavior (CWE-476) in iccDEV ICC XML Array Handling

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

CRITICAL RISK

CRITICAL

(9.8)

Missing Authentication for Forgot-Password Email Change API (CWE-306)

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(7.3)

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