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CVE-2026-21691
iccDEV has Type Confusion in CIccTag:IsTypeCompressed()
Medium5.4EPSS 0.29%
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- GitHub_M
Description
iccDEV provides a set of libraries and tools that allow for the interaction, manipulation, and application of International Color Consortium (ICC) color management profiles. Versions prior to 2.3.1.2 have a Type Confusion vulnerability in `CIccTag:IsTypeCompressed()`. This vulnerability affects users of the iccDEV library who process ICC color profiles. Version 2.3.1.2 contains a patch. No known workarounds are available.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium5.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.29% · top 78% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.4.
Weakness
- CWE-20: Improper Input Validation (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-20 and its CVEs
- CWE-140: Improper Neutralization of Delimiters (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-140 and its CVEs
- CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-476 and its CVEs
- CWE-697: Incorrect Comparison (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-697 and its CVEs
- CWE-1025: Comparison Using Wrong Factors (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-1025 and its CVEs
- CWE-843 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-843 and its CVEs
Affected products
InternationalColorConsortium · iccDEV
- affected < 2.3.1.2
References (3)
- https://github.com/InternationalColorConsortium/iccDEV/security/advisories/GHSA-c9q5-x498-jv92 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/InternationalColorConsortium/iccDEV/issues/392 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/InternationalColorConsortium/iccDEV/pull/426 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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