Is this vulnerability remotely exploitable?

Yes, if an application processes ICC profiles or similar binary data obtained over a network or from user-supplied content (such as uploaded images, documents, or media), an attacker can remotely deliver a crafted payload. If the library is only used on locally supplied, trusted content, the practical remote risk is reduced.

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

The attacker needs the ability to provide or influence ICC profile data or a structured binary blob that the application will process via iccDEV. This may be as simple as uploading or opening a crafted image or document, or causing the application to fetch remote media that embeds a malicious profile.

What is the safest general fix pattern?

The safest pattern is to ensure strict bounds checking around all heap operations driven by parsed metadata, reject malformed or inconsistent profile data early, and centralize validation logic so that no code path can bypass it. Parsing should never trust size or index values from inputs without validating them against known limits and buffer capacities.

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(8.8)

Heap Buffer Overflow (CWE-122) in iccDEV CIccMpeCalculator::Read()

CVE-2026-24405

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

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Source

NDV

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Remote Code Execution on the Server Host

February 17, 2026

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Heap Buffer Overflow

CWE:

CWE-20;CWE-122

Impact:

Arbitrary Code Execution and Denial of Service

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(8.8)

CVSS Version:

3.1

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Heap Buffer Overflow

CWE:

CWE-20;CWE-122

Impact:

Arbitrary Code Execution and Denial of Service

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(8.8)

CVSS Version:

3.1

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Heap Buffer Overflow (CWE-122) in iccDEV CIccMpeCalculator::Read()

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

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