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CVE-2026-21499 Detail

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, iccDEV is vulnerable to NULL pointer dereference via the XML parser. This issue has been patched in version 2.3.1.2.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://github.com/InternationalColorConsortium/iccDEV/blob/8e71f0a701abcbd554725ba7b70258203e682a61/IccXML/IccLibXML/IccProfileXml.cpp#L477 GitHub, Inc. Product 
https://github.com/InternationalColorConsortium/iccDEV/commit/00c03013e11b35ddbd7caae4368d1add185849d9 GitHub, Inc. Patch 
https://github.com/InternationalColorConsortium/iccDEV/commit/af299895bbcbecca6f67d6dc3d8e1dc92f1fc3fa GitHub, Inc. Patch 
https://github.com/InternationalColorConsortium/iccDEV/issues/372 GitHub, Inc. Exploit  Issue Tracking 
https://github.com/InternationalColorConsortium/iccDEV/pull/412 GitHub, Inc. Issue Tracking 
https://github.com/InternationalColorConsortium/iccDEV/security/advisories/GHSA-c3pv-2cpf-7v2p GitHub, Inc. Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference cwe source acceptance level NIST   GitHub, Inc.  
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation GitHub, Inc.  
CWE-690 Unchecked Return Value to NULL Pointer Dereference GitHub, Inc.  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-21499
NVD Published Date:
01/07/2026
NVD Last Modified:
01/09/2026
Source:
GitHub, Inc.