CVE-2026-25502 iccDEV is vulnerable to stack-buffer-overflow in icFixXml()

What is CVE-2026-25502?

CVE-2026-25502 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Color Iccdev, published on 3 Feb 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

iccDEV provides a set of libraries and tools that allow for the interaction, manipulation, and application of ICC color management profiles. Prior to version 2.3.1.2, stack-based buffer overflow in icFixXml() function when processing malformed ICC profiles, allows potential arbitrary code execution through crafted NamedColor2 tags. This issue has been patched in version 2.3.1.2.

Weakness: CWE-787, CWE-121

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-25502?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Color Iccdev.

How do I fix CVE-2026-25502?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-25502 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2026-25502 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-25502 exists.

Other vulnerabilities in Color Iccdev

• CVE-2026-21675 iccDEV has a Use After Free vulnerability in CIccCmm class via improper hint manager object deletion Critical 9.8
• CVE-2026-24405 iccDEV has Heap Buffer Overflow in CIccMpeCalculator::Read() High 8.8
• CVE-2026-24406 iccDEV has Heap Buffer Overflow in CIccTagNamedColor2::SetSize() High 8.8
• CVE-2026-24412 iccDEV has Heap Buffer Overflow in icCurvesFromXml() High 8.8
• CVE-2026-22861 iccDEV has a heap-buffer-overflow in SIccCalcOp::Describe() at IccProfLib/IccMpeCalc.cpp High 8.8

All Color Iccdev vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-c2qq-jf7w-rm27.