How broadly exploitable is this vulnerability in real-world deployments?

Exploitability depends on how easily an attacker can supply ICC profiles or similar data to applications that use iccDEV. In environments where users can upload or process arbitrary images or profiles, the risk surface is significant; in tightly controlled pipelines with trusted content, the practical exposure is lower.

Does an attacker need authenticated access to exploit this issue?

Not necessarily. The key requirement is the ability to influence the ICC profile or structured data that iccDEV processes. This can occur through unauthenticated file uploads, content ingestion pipelines, or any mechanism that passes external media into the color-management stack.

What is the safest general fix pattern for affected code paths?

The most robust pattern is to combine strong input validation with safe buffer management: enforce strict structural and size constraints on incoming profiles, compute exact output sizes before allocation, and ensure all writes are bounded by the allocated buffer length. Where possible, replace ad hoc buffer arithmetic with safer abstractions that enforce limits automatically.

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(8.8)

Heap Buffer Overflow (CWE-122) in iccDEV CIccTagXmlSegmentedCurve::ToXml()

CVE-2026-24412

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

Recent Vulnerabilities

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:

Heap Buffer Overflow

CWE:

CWE-20;CWE-122

Impact:

Denial of Service and Potential Code Execution

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(8.8)

CVSS Version:

3.1

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Heap Buffer Overflow

CWE:

CWE-20;CWE-122

Impact:

Denial of Service and Potential Code Execution

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(8.8)

CVSS Version:

3.1

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Heap Buffer Overflow (CWE-122) in iccDEV CIccTagXmlSegmentedCurve::ToXml()

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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